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Snowflake · 8 hours ago

Senior Software Engineer, Data Governance

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
senioritySenior Level
money$200K/yr - $288K/yr
date7+ years exp

Snowflake is empowering enterprises to achieve their full potential through innovation and collaboration. The Senior Software Engineer in Data Governance will design and build data governance features, collaborate with product managers and engineers, and solve business needs at scale.

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Responsibilities

Work closely with Product Managers to drive projects from idea formulation to design and implementation
Design and build data governance features
Solve real business needs at large scale by applying your software engineering and analytical problem solving skills
Make trade-offs to design the best system for Snowflake customers' needs
Collaborate with engineers across teams to help deliver cross-functional initiatives

Qualification

JavaSQLSystems programmingData governance systemsSoftware engineeringAnalytical problem solvingTrade-off analysisCollaboration

Required

7+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
Fluency in Java required
Experience with database fundamentals including working with SQL
Systems programming skills including multi-threading, concurrency, etc
BS in Computer Science or a related field

Preferred

Some experience in database security or building data governance systems is a bonus
Masters or PhD preferred

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

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Snowflake is a cloud data platform that provides a data warehouse as a service designed for the cloud.
dateFounded in 2012
location
San Mateo, California, USA
people-size5001-10000 employees
web-link
https://www.snowflake.com

H1B Sponsorship

Snowflake has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (428)
2024 (281)
2023 (154)
2022 (182)
2021 (113)
2020 (98)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$2.03B
Key Investors
Sequoia CapitalICONIQ GrowthAltimeter Capital
2022-04-19Post Ipo Equity· $621.46M
2020-09-16IPO
2020-02-07Series G· $479M

Leadership Team

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Sridhar Ramaswamy
Chief Executive Officer
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Benoit Dageville
Snowflake Co-founder, President of Product
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Recent News

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