Snowflake30.03.2026

Principal Software Engineer - PostgreSQL

Полная занятостьUS-CA-Menlo Park

Обязанности

01Serve as the technical leader on our most critical, cross-functional projects
02Break problems down and build consensus across multiple parties to reach solutions that are scalable, tractable, and timely
03Function as both a problem solver and a problem finder by building the roadmap while delivering it
04Leverage your experience to balance long-term thinking with more immediate business needs
05Understand trade-offs between consistency, performance, scaling limits, and costs to build solutions which can meet the demands of rapidly growing services
06Ensure operational readiness of the services and meet the commitments to our customers regarding durability, availability, performance, and security
07Solve real business needs at large scale by applying your software engineering and analytical problem solving skills

0110+ years building and operating large-scale distributed systems, databases, or cloud services
02Appreciation of Postgres. You have worked with Postgres as an end user or administrator. You have a solid understanding of database fundamentals
03Strong systems programming experience (Ruby experience a strong plus)
04Experience building high-availability, multi-tenant, or highly distributed data systems
05Comfortable navigating large, complex codebases and leading cross-team architecture efforts
06A track record of driving projects from concept to production with measurable impact
07Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence across engineering and product organizations
08Passion for making Postgres better, simpler, and more powerful for developers everywhere

01Every Snowflake employee is expected to follow the company’s confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data
02Snowflake employees must abide by the company’s data security plan as an essential part of their duties
03It is every employee's duty to keep customer information secure and confidential