Snowflake Computing

Senior Software Engineer- Postgres

Snowflake Computing$130K — $180K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Engineering (or equivalent learning experience)
  • 7+ years of experience in software engineering for high performance, mission-critical software
  • Familiarity with Postgres internals and its extension framework
  • Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, SQL, and distributed systems (C preferred)
  • Proven ability to work efficiently in high velocity engineering teams

Responsibilities

  • Explore and introduce new database technologies to enhance Postgres
  • Design and develop innovative Postgres extensions for Snowflake
  • Implement novel query optimization and data movement algorithms for peak performance
  • Address complex distributed systems challenges including fault tolerance and resource management
  • Analyze and resolve performance and scalability issues
  • Build instrumentation and deliver effective solutions to identified problems
  • Oversee project delivery from design through to production rollout, including testing

Benefits

  • Collaborate with industry experts in a high-impact role
  • Contribute to open source projects within the Postgres and Apache Iceberg communities
  • Opportunity to develop cutting-edge technologies used by millions
  • Join a team fostering innovation and challenging traditional approaches
  • Possibility for professional growth in a rapidly scaling company
Full Job Description
Join us as a Postgres Engine and Extensions Engineer and contribute to the development of Snowflake's new Postgres service. This is a unique opportunity to innovate and build differentiating technology for a large, multi-cloud Postgres offering, bringing cutting edge Postgres capabilities to millions of Snowflake users. Our team includes some of the most experienced Postgres extension engineers worldwide. Much of your work will be open source and visible to the Postgres as well as Apache Iceberg communities. As a Postgres Engineer you will • Explore new database technologies and innovate to bring new capabilities to Postgres • Design and develop Postgres extensions to bring differentiating features to Snowflake • Identify and implement novel query optimization, transaction management, and data movement algorithms to deliver industry-leading performance • Deal with a broad set of (distributed) systems challenges from protocol design and fault-tolerance to resource management and parallel execution • Analyze and understand performance and scalability bottlenecks and solve them • Pinpoint problems, build instrumentation (as needed), and deliver solutions • Own the end to end delivery of projects from identifying a solution, to designing, implementation, testing, and safe production rollout • Contribute to architectural design, review other engineers' work and mentor • Communicate and collaborate with different product groups across different time zones Our ideal engineer will have • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Engineering (or equivalent learning experience) • 7+ years of software engineering experience in high performance mission critical software • Experience with Postgres internals and its extension framework • Strong CS and database fundamentals, including proficiency with data structures and algorithms, SQL, distributed systems (Fluency in C preferred) • Motivation to push outside of comfort zone, learn and deliver innovative solutions • Track record of working in high velocity engineering teams and delivering products to market Snowflake is growing fast, and we're scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake. How do you want to make your impact?

About Snowflake Computing

Snowflake is a cloud-based data-warehousing company that was founded in 2012. The company provides a data platform that allows customers to store and analyze data using cloud-based infrastructure. Snowflake's platform is designed to be highly scalable and flexible, allowing customers to easily add or remove computing resources as needed. The company's customers include a wide range of businesses, from startups to Fortune 500 companies. Snowflake has received significant funding from investors and has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing companies in the United States.
Learn more about Snowflake Computing
Size
2,037 employees
Market Cap
$44.9 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$539.1 million
Founded
2012
Revenue
$592 million
NASDAQ

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