Description
At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise.
The Apps & Experiences Platform team is powering systems and services for all our user facing apps including Snowsight, Snowflake Intelligence, and new mobile apps.
AS TECHNICAL LEAD & MANAGER FOR APPS & EXPERIENCES STORAGE TEAM, YOU WILL:
- Own the storage team’s technical strategy and execution, driving projects from initial idea formulation and detailed system design to high-quality implementation and successful deployment.
- Provide deep technical oversight by actively participating in design reviews, architecture discussions, and drilling into complex system implementations to ensure reliability and scalability.
- Serve as a key technical contributor and subject matter expert, setting the bar for engineering excellence and coding best practices within the team.
- Mentor and coach engineers on complex technical challenges and career development, and grow a strong, diverse team through proactive hiring.
- Define team plans and deliverables while remaining accountable for the platform's availability, maintainability, and performance.
- Collaborate closely with the Product Management team to translate user needs and product requirements into clear technical roadmaps.
- Lead the improvement of our engineering processes, tooling, and standards, focusing on efficiency and velocity.
- Partner effectively with other engineering and cross-functional teams to ensure smooth integration and influence the direction of the broader platform.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR CANDIDATES WITH:
- 9+ years of experience in designing and building large-scale systems in production.
- 2+ years of experience in managing and leading teams building lean mission-critical, highly concurrent, high-throughput, low-latency systems.
- Experience building and managing high throughput systems with Redis, Postgres, and blob stores (e.g. S3, Azure blob, and/or Google cloud storage).
- Strong collaboration and communication skills.
- Extensive and strong development experience in cloud environments, such as AWS, Azure, and GCP, is a plus.
- Strong hands-on skills. Can drill deep into the complex system design and implementation on a routine basis.
- BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related majors, or equivalent experience.