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SnowflakeSnowflakeMenlo Park, CA

Principal Software Engineer I - Metadata

Designs and builds fault-tolerant, scalable distributed systems for Snowflake's metadata, Snowgrid, and data sharing features. Requires 15+ years experience, strong CS fundamentals, Java fluency, and ability to mentor juniors while solving performance and scale challenges.

264k – 380k
On-site15+ YOEBackend Engineering

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Solve real business needs at large scale by applying software engineering and analytical problem solving skills.
  • Design, develop and support fault-tolerant scalable distributed systems for Snowgrid and Data Sharing teams.
  • Create architecture and design, influence product roadmap, and take ownership over new projects.
  • Analyze fault-tolerance and high availability issues, performance and scale challenges, and solve them.
  • Mentor and grow junior engineers.
  • Understand trade-offs between consistency, performance and costs to build solutions which can meet the demands of rapidly growing services.
  • Ensure operational readiness of the services and meet commitments to customers regarding durability, availability and performance.

Requirements

  • 15+ years of industry experience designing, building and supporting large scale distributed services.
  • Strong computer science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
  • Excellent understanding of operating systems concepts including multi-threading, memory management, networking and storage, performance and scale.
  • Fluency in Java or other similar procedural object-oriented language.
  • Track record of identifying and implementing creative solutions to complex problems.
  • Ability to work effectively across engineering teams in multiple locations.
  • BS in Computer Science; Masters or PhD preferred.

Skills

JavaDistributed SystemsData StructuresAlgorithmsMulti-ThreadingMemory ManagementNetworkingStorage SystemsFault ToleranceHigh Availability

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