Software Engineering Manager, Growth & Experimentation
Engineering Manager leading the Bedrock AI Platform team at Snowflake. Own technical strategy, architecture, and execution for backend services powering user-facing apps like Snowsight; mentor engineers, drive roadmaps with PM, and ensure platform reliability/scalability. Requires 9+ years building large-scale systems and 3+ years managing teams.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Own the technical strategy and execution for the team, driving projects from initial idea formulation and detailed system design to high-quality implementation and successful deployment.
- Provide deep technical oversight by actively participating in design reviews, architecture discussions, and drilling into complex system implementations to ensure reliability and scalability.
- Serve as a key technical contributor and subject matter expert, setting the bar for engineering excellence and coding best practices within the team.
- Mentor and coach engineers on complex technical challenges and career development.
- Grow a strong, diverse team through proactive hiring.
- Define team plans and deliverables while remaining accountable for the platform's availability, maintainability, and performance.
- Collaborate closely with the Product Management team to translate user needs and product requirements into clear technical roadmaps.
- Lead the improvement of our engineering processes, tooling, and standards, focusing on efficiency and velocity.
- Partner effectively with other engineering and cross-functional teams to ensure smooth integration and influence the direction of the broader platform.
Requirements
- 9+ years of experience in designing and building large-scale user-facing systems in production.
- 3+ years of experience in managing and leading teams building lean mission-critical, highly concurrent, high-throughput, low-latency systems that power user interfaces.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills.
- Strong hands-on skills with the ability to drill deep into complex system design and implementation on a routine basis.
- BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related majors, or equivalent experience.
Nice-to-Haves
- Extensive and strong development experience in cloud environments, such as AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Skills
System Design, Architecture, Cloud Computing, AWS, Azure, GCP, Team Management, Mentoring, Hiring
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