Snowflake · 1 week ago
Senior Engineering Manager-PostgreSQL
US-CA-Menlo Park
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$264K/yr - $380K/yr
10+ years expSnowflake is about empowering enterprises to achieve their full potential. As a Senior Engineering Manager, you'll help define the architecture and push the boundaries of Postgres in the cloud while overseeing the development of a managed service that meets customer commitments regarding durability, availability, performance, and security.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareBig DataSoftwareAnalyticsCloud Data ServicesData Management
Responsibilities
Provide strong technical leadership across both the Postgres dataplane and the orchestration/control plane required to deliver a managed service (HA, upgrades, backups, scaling, automation, and operational safety)
Break problems down and build consensus across multiple parties to reach solutions that are scalable, tractable, and timely
Function as both a problem solver and a problem finder by building the roadmap while delivering it
Leverage your experience to balance long-term thinking with more immediate business needs
Understand trade-offs between consistency, performance, scaling limits, and costs to build solutions which can meet the demands of rapidly growing services
Ensure operational readiness of the services and meet the commitments to our customers regarding durability, availability, performance, and security
Solve real business needs at large scale by applying your software engineering and analytical problem solving skills
Qualification
Required
10+ years of experience building and operating large-scale systems (distributed systems, databases, or cloud services)
5+ years of experience building, managing, and leading high-performing engineering teams (and experience leading managers is a strong plus)
Strong track record of delivering large-scale, resilient systems and services in production
Significant experience in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, and/or GCP) and building services with high availability and operational rigor
Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to drive cross-functional alignment and influence across org boundaries
Strong hands-on technical ability; comfortable navigating complex codebases and diving deep into system design and implementation
BS/MS in Computer Science or related majors, or equivalent experience
Postgres depth: experience with Postgres as an end user, operator, or administrator; strong understanding of database fundamentals and tradeoffs (consistency, performance, scaling limits, cost)
Love of Postgres. You have worked with Postgres as an end user or administrator. You have a solid understanding of database fundamentals
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
Dragoneer Investment Group,Global Secure Invest,Salesforce VenturesSequoia CapitalAltimeter Capital,ICONIQ Growth,Sequoia 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
Recent News
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