Snowflake · 2 days ago
Principal Software Engineer II, Horizon Catalog
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$304K/yr - $437K/yr
15+ years expSnowflake is a company focused on empowering enterprises through innovation and collaboration. The Principal Software Engineer II will lead strategic planning for the Horizon Catalog, drive product influence, and mentor senior engineers while executing high-complexity initiatives.
AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud Data ServicesData ManagementEnterprise SoftwareSoftware
Responsibilities
Set Technical Vision: Lead strategic planning for the Horizon Catalog, translating complex business goals into technical architecture, and developing high-impact engineering roadmaps
Drive Product Influence: Actively influence and co-develop the product roadmap in partnership with the PM team
High velocity execution: Directly lead execution of high complexity initiatives, and guide the execution of other initiatives in the team
Technical Mentorship: Mentor and grow senior engineers
Qualification
Required
15+ years experience designing and building large-scale distributed services
Deep expertise in metadata management and designing architectures to unify data from heterogeneous sources for governance
Proven ability to architect fine-grained access control and audit systems
Track record of translating high-level business strategy into actionable engineering roadmaps and influencing technical direction across multiple teams
Fluency in Java or another similar procedural object-oriented language
BS, Masters or PhD in Computer Science
Preferred
Experience leveraging semantic metadata to power AI experiences, such as RAG for discovery
Ability to articulate architectural differentiation against key competitors
Solid understanding of RBAC and ABAC principles applied to scalable permissioning layers
Experience exposing catalog/search tools via Multi-Cloud Platforms for third-party agents, including safety and policy integration
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life
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
H1B Sponsorship
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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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