# Software Engineer - AIM Virtualization

**Company:** [Snowflake](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/snowflake)
**Location:** Unspecified
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $157k – $230k/yr
**Experience:** 2+ years
**Skills:** SQL, Functional Programming, Artificial Intelligence, Database Internals, Query Parsing, Query Optimization, Query Execution, Wire Protocols, Data Ingestion, Data Egress, Software Synthesis
**Posted:** 2026-08-14

> Build AI-driven database virtualization systems that enable customers to migrate applications to Snowflake without changing SQL or APIs. The role focuses on database internals, platform development, and AI-based software synthesis.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Participate in AI-based development across the full platform, including syntactic and semantic analysis, wire protocols, and data ingest/egress.
- Collaborate with product managers, solution architects, and field engineering to help customers transition their databases.
- Define and improve engineering processes for AI-based software synthesis workflows.

## Requirements
- 2–7 years of experience in SQL and/or other functional programming languages.
- Curiosity and imagination for using AI in novel ways to create robust, scalable data platforms.
- Solid knowledge of database internals, including query parsing, optimization, and execution.
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, databases, high-performance computing, or a related field.

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