Principal Software Engineer - Agentic Pipelines
Snowflake · US-WA-Bellevue
Big Tech AIonsiteprincipal$264k–$380k
At a glance
Highlights
- Own core pipeline layer powering streaming and transformation at cloud scale.
- Drive technical direction for Streams, Tasks, and Dynamic Tables primitives.
- Ship declarative data engineering features used by millions of workloads.
Ideal candidate
Seasoned distributed systems builder who loves hard infrastructure problems and high ownership. Low-ego, AI-curious collaborator energized by shaping reliable pipelines customers trust.
Requirements
- 15+ years designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed data systems
- Deep expertise in stream processing, query execution, orchestration, or transformation at scale
- Strong CS fundamentals in distributed systems, algorithms, fault tolerance, and consistency
- Proficiency in C++ or Java with systems-level reasoning at cloud scale
- Proven ability to lead cross-team initiatives from architecture to petabyte-scale production
- Strong written and verbal communication of complex technical trade-offs
Lab profile
About Snowflake
Cloud data platform for storage, analytics, data sharing, and enterprise AI workloads.
What they build
- Snowflake Data Cloud
- Data warehousing and data lakes
- Snowpark developer framework
Known for
- Elastic scalable cloud architecture
- Secure governance and data sharing
- Multi-cloud analytics and AI
Key facts
- Founded in 2012
- Headquartered in Bozeman, Montana
- Public company (NYSE: SNOW)
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