Staff Software Engineer - Ingestion
Snowflake · US-WA-Bellevue
Big Tech AIremotestaff$236k–$339k
At a glance
Highlights
- Lead architecture for next-gen external ingestion services at global scale.
- Own engines behind COPY INTO and Snowpipe landing hundreds of petabytes quarterly.
- Bridge edge APIs to storage engines to power Fortune 500 integrations.
Ideal candidate
AI-native systems leader energized by high-throughput distributed challenges and direct customer impact. Low-ego architect who mentors others and redefines how enterprise data flows at global scale.
Requirements
- 10+ years designing, building and operating large-scale distributed systems in production
- Track record taking complex customer-facing services or external APIs from concept to GA at global scale
- Expert proficiency in Java or C++ across systems-level and managed service frameworks
- Deep expertise in external API design, cloud service orchestration and resilient multi-tenant endpoints
- Domain knowledge in high-throughput ingestion, distributed query engines, streaming systems or database internals
- Exceptional communication skills driving technical consensus across cross-functional and external stakeholders
- BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent 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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