Principal Software Engineer - Observability
Snowflake · US-CA-Menlo Park
Big Tech AIonsiteprincipal$264k–$380k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build AI-driven observability platform for Snowflake's AI Data Cloud workloads.
- Help AI agents and engineers detect, diagnose, and resolve issues together.
- Architect high-volume pipelines for logs, metrics, traces, and events.
Ideal candidate
Hands-on, product-minded technical leader with deep distributed-systems experience who thrives in fast-moving teams. Low-ego, AI-native builder excited to turn telemetry into trusted, AI-driven diagnosis.
Requirements
- 12+ years of software engineering experience including technical leadership of complex backend, infrastructure, or data-platform initiatives
- Deep experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems
- Strong computer science fundamentals and hands-on proficiency in Java, Go, C++, or comparable backend language
- Experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- AI-first engineering practice using AI throughout the software lifecycle
- Track record of shipping products to external customers with product and design partners
- Clear written communication, low-ego collaboration, strong ownership, and mentoring senior engineers
- Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent practical experience
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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