Software Engineer - Engineering Systems, Continuous Integration

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and operate distributed systems that power Snowflake's continuous integration platform.
• Build services and tooling that improve build reliability, test execution, developer productivity, and software delivery velocity.
• Contribute to the architecture and implementation of scalable CI infrastructure across cloud environments.
• Develop reliable APIs, services, and automation using languages such as Java, C++, Python, or Go.
• Investigate and resolve issues involving build failures, test infrastructure, performance, reliability, and developer workflows.
• Partner with engineers across Snowflake to understand CI needs and deliver solutions that are simple, scalable, and easy to operate.
• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, testing, and production support.
• Apply strong engineering judgment to improve system performance, reliability, security, and maintainability.
• Help evolve CI practices, tooling, and operational processes as Snowflake grows.
• Contribute to an inclusive engineering culture through collaboration, documentation, and knowledge sharing.

Our Ideal Candidate

• 3+ years of software engineering experience building production systems.
• Strong computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
• Experience designing and implementing reliable software services.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Java, C++, Python, or Go.
• Familiarity with cloud-based development environments and distributed applications.
• Experience with testing, debugging, monitoring, and operating production systems.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work through ambiguous technical challenges.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate with engineers, product partners, and teams across the organization.
• A strong sense of ownership and commitment to delivering high-quality software.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with continuous integration, continuous delivery, or developer productivity systems.
• Familiarity with tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Bazel, or similar CI/CD platforms.
• Experience with build systems, test orchestration, distributed job scheduling, or resource management.
• Knowledge of multi-tenant systems, reliability engineering, performance optimization, or security isolation.
• Experience working with Kubernetes, containers, or public cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience supporting large-scale repositories, build pipelines, or engineering platforms.
• Familiarity with observability tools and production metrics.
• Experience contributing to technical design documents, postmortems, or root-cause analyses.

Why Engineering Systems at Snowflake?

• Build infrastructure used by Snowflake engineers around the world.
• Work on challenging distributed systems and developer productivity problems.
• Help improve the speed, reliability, and quality of software delivery at Snowflake.
• Collaborate with engineers across a multi-cloud data platform.
• Grow your technical skills while working on systems with broad organizational impact.
• Join a team that values ownership, thoughtful engineering, and continuous improvement.

Compensation

Snowflake is committed to pay equity and transparency. Actual compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, skills, location, and internal equity.

For the Bellevue, WA market, the compensation range for this IC2 role is

• Base salary: $170,000-$204,000 USD
• Target bonus: 10%
• Total target compensation: $187,000-$224,400 USD
• Equity: Eligible for an RSU grant in addition to base salary and bonus

Snowflake also offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), ESPP, paid time off, parental leave, disability coverage, and company-paid life insurance.

• Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.

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