Software Engineer - Interfaces team

Requirements:

• 3+ years of industry experience designing, building, and supporting software in a production environment
• Strong proficiency in Java and experience building server-side applications with it (or on the JVM)
• At least basic working knowledge of Python (e.g., scripting, simple tooling, or tests) and willingness to grow Python skills over time
• Hands-on experience building and designing customer-facing distributed web services and APIs (especially REST/HTTP; SQL or RPC is a plus)
• Solid understanding of systems programming concepts, including multi-threading, concurrency, and related topics
• Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills, particularly in a cloud environment
• Excellent communication skills and a passion for collaborating with a diverse group of colleagues and external developers
• BS/MS in Computer Science or a related major, or equivalent experience

Nice to haves:

• Experience with Python beyond the basics (e.g., building tools, services, or libraries for other developers)
• Experience with Go or JavaScript
• Experience with SQL or other database technologies, including their internal design and implementation
• Familiarity with public clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Experience owning public APIs end-to-end, from design and documentation to rollout and deprecation

What you'll be doing:

• Design, implement, and evolve Snowflake’s external APIs, with a focus on REST API and SQL API
• Build reliable, secure, and scalable API endpoints and services in Java
• Collaborate with other Developer Platform teams to provide great API building blocks for tools like the Terraform Provider
• Contribute to and help maintain key developer-facing integrations that use Snowflake's REST and SQL APIs
• Partner closely with Product Managers to understand customer requirements and translate them into well-documented API designs
• Analyze and solve complex challenges in fault tolerance, high availability, performance, and scale for customer-facing services
• Ensure the operational readiness of APIs and services and meet commitments to customers regarding reliability and performance
• Participate in on-call rotations to support the services and APIs you build

Perks and Benefits:

• Growing fast with opportunities for career growth
• Values-driven culture
• Pace of innovation
• Building a future for yourself and Snowflake