Software Engineer - Capacity, Performance & Efficiency

Snowflake is about empowering enterprises to achieve their full potential - and people too. With a culture that's all in on impact, innovation, and collaboration, Snowflake is the sweet spot for building big, moving fast, and taking technology - and careers - to the next level.

Join the CPE (Capacity, Performance & Efficiency) team at Snowflake. We are the stewards of our resources, relentlessly optimizing cost, performance, and scale.

The CPE team's charter is to drive margin for Snowflake's products and infrastructure, across AWS, Azure, and GCP. We build intelligent systems to visualize and manage cloud spend, detect anomalies, govern resources, and generate actionable optimization insights. We partner across the company to land large-scale architectural changes that cut waste, boost utilization, and improve reliability-transforming engineering intuition into automated infrastructure.

We're hiring a Software Engineer who thrives on solving big problems. We want sharp troubleshooters, systems thinkers, and builders who see inefficiency as opportunity. If you're passionate about efficient software, love squeezing opportunities from large complex systems, and enjoy transforming insight into action-this role is for you

AS A SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AT SNOWFLAKE YOU WILL :

Design, develop, and scale solutions for data collection, metrics for cloud efficiency.

Build tools and automation to enhance cloud efficiency monitoring, alerting, and root cause analysis.

Improve and optimize data ingestion, storage, and query efficiency for efficiency data at scale.

Develop and implement strategies for optimizing cloud resource utilization.

Collaborate with teams across Snowflake to understand needs and implement solutions that improve operational visibility.

Contribute to open-source and industry best practices.

Ensure high availability, reliability, and performance of systems by participating in on-call rotations and incident management.

WHAT WE LOOK FOR :

2+ years industry experience designing, building and supporting large scale systems in production.

Proficiency in programming languages such as Go, Java, Python or C++

Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex issues in a production environment.

Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment.

BS / MS in Computer Science, Engineering or related fields

Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.

Knowledge of data engineering principles and practices.

Knowledge or experience in cloud efficiency optimization is a plus

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

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.

How do you want to make your impact?

For jobs located in the United States, please visit the job posting on the Snowflake Careers Site for salary and benefits information : careers.snowflake.com

The following represents the expected range of compensation for this role :

• The estimated base salary range for this role is $157,000 - $230,000.
• Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Snowflake's bonus and equity plan.

The successful candidate's starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location. This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes : 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; and other company benefits.

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