# Staff Software Engineer - Parameters

**Company:** [Snowflake](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/snowflake)
**Location:** Bellevue, WA
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $236k – $339k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Java, Scala, C++, Python, Distributed Systems, AWS, Azure, GCP, System Performance, Reliability Engineering
**Posted:** 2026-05-19

> Lead development of Snowflake's feature flagging and experimentation platform. Build scalable frameworks, APIs, and infrastructure used across engineering teams to enable safe, performant feature releases.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead, build and improve Snowflake’s feature flagging and experimentation platform
- Work on complex framework and code used across Snowflake’s engineering stack to control feature flags
- Build a deep understanding of Snowflake’s infrastructure and services
- Contribute to building and operating highly scalable, resilient, and performant infrastructure
- Work on large and complex projects that build frameworks, platforms, tools, and automation for other engineering teams
- Partner with engineering teams to understand requirements, translate into projects with milestones, and lead implementation
- Build intuitive and resilient APIs and libraries for developers and customers
- Evangelize and drive adoption of the platform and frameworks
- Support junior team members and contribute with excellent code quality, documentation, and best practices

## Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering with a strong focus on distributed systems
- Deep experience building and operating large scale cloud services
- Strong programming skills in Java, Scala, C++, or Python
- Solid understanding of system performance, debugging, and reliability engineering principles
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Proven ability to lead complex technical projects and influence architecture decisions
- Strong problem solving skills and ability to work in a fast paced environment
- Strong sense of ownership and desire to build great tools & frameworks for other engineers
- Tremendous attention to detail and ability to build reliable and scalable software systems
- Effective communication and collaboration skills
- Proven ability to lead and execute projects that begin with incomplete information or ambiguity

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