Senior Software Engineer - FDB Performance
Snowflake | |
$187,000 - $252,000 | |
parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, 401(k), retirement plan | |
United States, California, San Mateo | |
Sep 22, 2024 | |
Build the future of data. Join the Snowflake team. A massive new market opportunity is being created at the intersection of Cloud and Data, and the Snowflake Data Cloud is leading the way, all powered by the database engine we are building from the ground up. Key to Snowflake's Database Engine is our large scale distributed transactional Key-Value store - called FDB - which powers all of Snowflake's products and services and is rapidly evolving to meet Snowflake's future needs. Our teams breed ambition, challenge ordinary thinking, push the pace of innovation, in-service of the exploding demand for accessible data. Snowflake is growing fast and we're scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We're passionate about our people, our customers, our values and our culture! We're also looking for people with a growth mindset and the pragmatic insight to solve for today while building for the future. And as a Snowflake employee, you will be accountable for supporting and enabling diversity and belonging. We are looking for an outstanding performance engineer to join the team and improve FDB performance, scalability, and reliability along with Snowflake's constantly growing needs for a faster and larger database. AS A PERFORMANCE ENGINEER ON THIS TEAM, YOU WILL:
AN IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE:
BONUS POINTS:
About Snowflake: Snowflake SIGMOD 2016 paper About FoundationDB, the database Snowflake FDB is based on: FDB SIGMOD 21 Paper FoundationDB Summit 2018 and FoundationDB Summit 2019 How FDB powers Snowflake Metadata Forward! 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. The following represents the expected range of compensation for this role:
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. 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? |