Principal Software Engineer for the Drivers team

Requirements

• 18+ years industry experience designing, building, and supporting large-scale systems.
• Experience with high-performance and scalable software in an internet-scale distributed cloud environment.
• Fluency in Java or C++.
• Experience with RDBMS and fluent knowledge of SQL language.
• Systems design and programming skills including high-throughput, multi-threading, concurrency, etc.
• Great communication skills, both verbal and written, and an interest in working with a diverse set of peers and external stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• Ability to work in a hybrid work model in our Berlin office.

Nice to Haves

• Knowledge of the internals of database system technologies and implementation.
• Experience or knowledge in designing and building customer-facing distributed web services and APIs (e.g. REST, gRPC, GraphQL, messaging).
• Experience in C#, Node.js, Go.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead and drive projects that span our stack.
• Promote strong collaboration within a cross-functional team, including design and product management.
• Deliver features requiring close coordination with several sister teams, such as Client Backend, Stored Procedures, SQL, Storage, Cloud Services, Connectors, Security, Support.
• Be a strong contributor to the product vision and drive team planning.
• Mentor and coach team members.
• Build for scale, safe, and high-performance solution.

Perks and Benefits

• Joining the dynamic Snowflake Drivers team.
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge in-house drivers including JDBC, ODBC, Node.js, Go, PHP, and .NET.
• Chance to reshape the digital landscape and build the future of the Data Cloud.