Software Engineer – Engineering Systems Continuous Integration Team
Build and evolve large-scale CI infrastructure for Snowflake's developer platform, ensuring high performance and productivity for engineering teams. Requires 5+ years in distributed systems, CI experience, and fluency in Java/C++/Python/Go.
236k – 339k/yr
Hybrid5+ YOEDevOps / SRE
About the role
Responsibilities
Build and evolve a world-class developer platform and CI service powering Snowflake repositories.
Set technical standards for elastic, large-scale, highly performant CI infrastructure with simplicity at core.
Drive strategy, partner with product managers on quarterly and long-term roadmaps.
Ensure execution meets current customer needs while anticipating future technological trends.
Requirements
5+ years industry experience designing and building distributed data systems.
Track record of technical leadership.
Experience working on enterprise-grade Continuous Integration for Cloud-based distributed systems.
Strong CS fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, distributed systems.
Fluency in Java, C++, Python, or Go.
Excellent problem-solving skills.
Ability to collaborate, mentor junior engineers.
Strategic mindset, prioritization for maximum impact.
Excellent communication skills.
Nice-to-Haves
Developing data or distributed systems internals.
Experience with Jenkins, ArgoCD, or other CI suites.
Multi-tenant systems (reliability, performance, isolation, security).
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