# Software Engineer - Backend

**Company:** [Snowflake](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/snowflake)
**Location:** Menlo Park, CA
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $157k – $230k/yr
**Experience:** 2+ years
**Skills:** Java, Python, C++, SQL, Algorithms, Data Structures, Distributed Systems
**Posted:** 2026-02-06

> Build backend services and distributed platforms at scale for Snowflake's Data Cloud, enabling secure data sharing. Requires 2-5 years experience, strong CS fundamentals, and fluency in Java, Python, C++, or SQL.

## Job Description

## As a Software Engineer, You Will:

- Design and build features, and/or distributed platforms at scale.
- Drive impactful initiatives for the globally distributed infrastructure
- Collaborate with product managers, architects, other engineering teams, and business groups, to drive end-to-end solutions.
- Contribute to improving our engineering processes, tooling, and standards.

## Our Ideal Candidate Will Have:

- 2-5 years’ of industry experience designing, building, and supporting large-scale systems in production.
- Strong fundamental computer science skills. Knowledge of algorithms and data structures.
- Fluency in Java, Python, C++, or SQL
- Deep multi-faceted appreciation in building end-to-end customer facing products.
- BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related majors, or equivalent experience.

## Bonus Points If You Have:

- Familiarity with database internals or data governance, and/or payment systems is a plus

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