Snowflake · 6 months ago
Principal Software Engineer - Infrastructure
Menlo Park, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$243K/yr - $380K/yr
7+ years expSnowflake is a cloud data platform that provides a data warehouse as a service designed for the cloud. They are seeking a Principal Software Engineer - Platform Infrastructure to lead initiatives aimed at improving the scalability and reliability of their cloud infrastructure through automation and observability.
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Responsibilities
Introduce tools to facilitate greater automation and operability of services
Architect, deploy, and scale observability infrastructure
Participate in on-call rotation and ensure uptime of services
Create runtime tools/processes that optimize cloud triaging and limit downtime
Define best practices around making our systems and services measurable
Work closely with our various teams to ensure those best practices get applied
Utilize your deep experience and problem solving skills to help prevent and investigate production issues
Plan and lead complicated technical projects that interact with a wide variety of teams within the company
Take a data-first approach that helps define the investments of the world's largest cloud service providers
Qualification
Required
7 - 10 or more years experience with Cloud Computing (AWS, Azure, GCP, or others)
7 - 10 or more years experience with Containerization (Kubernetes, Docker/ContainerD)
7 - 10 or more years experience with Distributed Database systems (FoundationDB, Cassandra, MongoDB, etc.)
Experience in programming in at least one or more of the following languages: Go, Python, Java, or C++
Experience with Observability systems - Prometheus, Grafana, ELK etc
Experience with Cloud Computing toolsets - Pulumi, Terraform, Vault, Packer etc
Experience with Configuration Management/Orchestration tools (Ansible, SaltStack, Chef, Puppet)
Firm grasp of TCP/IP networking and troubleshooting
Tremendous attention to details and ability to build reliable and scalable software systems
Effective communication and collaboration skills
Solid interpersonal skills conducive to a team environment
Able to debug, troubleshoot, and resolve complex technical issues
Self-driven & motivated, with a strong work ethic and a passion for problem solving
Bachelor's or Master Degree in Computer Science or related field
Preferred
Experience and knowledge of Git, JIRA, and Jenkins a plus
Benefits
Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
401(k) retirement plan
Flexible spending & health savings account
At least 12 paid holidays
Paid time off
Parental leave
Employee assistance program
Other company benefits
Company
Snowflake
Snowflake is a cloud data platform that provides a data warehouse as a service designed for the cloud.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.03BKey Investors
Sequoia CapitalICONIQ GrowthAltimeter Capital
2022-04-19Post Ipo Equity· $621.46M
2020-09-16IPO
2020-02-07Series G· $479M
Leadership Team
Sridhar Ramaswamy
Chief Executive Officer
Benoit Dageville
Snowflake Co-founder, President of Product
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