Snowflake · 10 hours ago
Software Engineering Manager - FDB
Menlo Park, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$236K/yr - $339K/yr
7+ years expSnowflake is about empowering enterprises to achieve their full potential, and they are seeking an outstanding Engineering Manager to join and grow their Database Engineering team. The Engineering Manager will lead a team in the design and development of a highly distributed database system, focusing on building database internals and fostering a culture of innovation and growth.
AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud Data ServicesData ManagementEnterprise SoftwareSoftware
Responsibilities
Lead a team of talented engineers in the design, development and support of a highly distributed and performant database system with a specific focus on building database internals, like high concurrency, low latency querying, transactions, compaction, etc
Lead and participate in technical, design, and product discussions relating to OLTP (online transaction processing) and HTAP (hybrid transactional and analytical processing) workloads
Develop the future leaders of Snowflake by providing continuous mentorship, coaching, and growth opportunities
Be comfortable delegating decisions for part of what’s under your purview to others
Translate product requirements into engineering work for your team, reaching out to others for assistance as needed
Partner with other leaders in the Engineering and Product organizations on quarterly planning, staffing, and project schedules
Know how and when to shift resources across areas to achieve execution goals and respond to lessons from production issues
Use your strong foundation as a technical leader to reliably deliver on complex projects while keeping the quality bar high
Grow the team by recruiting and hiring new team members and growing existing ones
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
Rock solid engineering fundamentals; query processing experience are highly preferred but not required
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
Experience with open storage formats, delta lake, spark, Iceberg
Developing cloud-sale distributed database system internals
Experience growing and leading senior and junior engineers in the team
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
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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