Staff Software Engineer, Cortex AI Search Infrastructure
Snowflake · US-CA-Menlo Park
Big Tech AIremotestaff$236k–$339k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build search infrastructure powering Cortex Agents and Code at enterprise scale.
- Scale retrieval systems indexing billions of rows for millisecond queries.
- Build evals engine for large-scale golden set simulations and experiments.
Ideal candidate
Low-ego, AI-native builder energized by fast-moving experimentation who loves scaling distributed systems into fast, reliable enterprise AI products.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field
- 9+ years building distributed systems, high-throughput APIs, or backend infrastructure for AI/ML products
- Deep proficiency in Go or Java and Python for AI orchestration
- Strong understanding of database internals, distributed state management, and cloud-native architecture
- Familiarity with vector indices, agent platforms, and scalable data pipelines
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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