Engineering Manager – Snowtrail

We’re hiring a talented Software Engineering Manager to lead the Snowtrail infrastructure team at Snowflake. Query replay using Snowtrail allows us to catch regressions early. Using Machine Learning models to sample queries and workloads allows us to optimize for cost and performance. Evolving the Snowtrail infrastructure to integrate new engine features, to be more performant, scalable and reliable is key to our success. 

OUR IDEAL MANAGER WILL HAVE :

• Strong passion and proven track record for shipping quality software in high code velocity environments
• 10+ years industry experience designing and building distributed data systems.
• Excellent problem solving skills, and strong CS fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
• Fluency in SQL, Java, C++, Python or Go.
• Ability to collaborate well across teams, build high-performing teams and mentor junior engineers.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to work on-site at our San Mateo, CA or Bellevue, WA offices.

BONUS POINTS FOR EXPERIENCE WITH THE FOLLOWING :

• Building at-scale telemetry pipeline or query replay pipeline
• Building or testing database query engine
• Operationalizing Machine Learning models
• Solid understanding of shipping end to end customer experiences across clients including browsers, apps and drivers
• Multi-tenant systems, with focus on reliability, performance, isolation, security and scalability.
• A track record of leading distributed technical teams

Every Snowflake employee is expected to follow the company’s confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data. Snowflake employees must abide by the company’s data security plan as an essential part of their duties. It is every employee's duty to keep customer information secure and confidential.

Last updated on Aug 21, 2024