Snowflake · 2 weeks ago
Engineering Manager - Query Language
Menlo Park, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$236K/yr - $339K/yr
7+ years expSnowflake is a leading company in the data revolution, focused on empowering enterprises and their people. They are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team responsible for building and maintaining the core SQL query engine, ensuring high-quality delivery of complex projects while fostering a culture of innovation.
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Responsibilities
Lead a growing team of talented engineers in the design, development and support of a highly-parallel and fault-tolerant SQL database system
Hire great engineers to build an outstanding team
Support engineers in their career development by providing clear feedback and developing engineering leaders
Translate product requirements into engineering work for your team
Collaborate with other local and global teams/leaders in the Engineering and Product Management organizations
Use your strong foundation as a technical leader to reliably deliver on complex projects while keeping the quality bar high
Foster a culture of creativity and innovation while also promoting practical decision-making
Qualification
Required
7+ years of software engineering experience
2+ years of experience leading teams to build database system internals
A track record of recruiting and leading technical teams in a demanding talent market
Proven experience authoring roadmap documents, project plans, and RCAs
Strong problem solving skills and excellent interpersonal communication skills
Preferred
Rock solid engineering fundamentals; query processing experience are highly preferred but not required
Background in database internals or large scale data processing systems, e.g., Hadoop, Spark, etc
Prior experience running SQL database engineering teams
Proven experience with authoring product roadmap, preparing and reviewing project design and test plan documents, managing projects with JIRA
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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