Principal Software Engineer (Product Security)

Join Snowflake's Product Security team as a Principal Software Engineer. In this role, you will be the senior technical authority for Product Security, shaping and advancing Snowflake's security strategy. You will design and develop scalable, secure frameworks and tools, drive alignment across engineering and security teams, and mentor engineers. This position offers comprehensive health insurance, retirement plans, and generous time-off policies.

• Serve as the senior technical authority and architectural leader for Product Security, defining the long-term technical vision and security architecture for Snowflake.
• Drive the security strategy across key domains, including AI security, authentication, authorization, data protection, and software supply chain security.
• Design and develop scalable, secure-by-default frameworks, services, and tools to secure Snowflake's infrastructure and protect customer data and accounts.
• The role requires deep expertise in security, software engineering, distributed systems, software infrastructure, AI/ML, applied cryptography, threat modeling and cloud security fundamentals
• Exceptional communication skills and the ability to influence senior technical and executive audiences
• Track record of leading complex, multi-year technical initiatives with broad organizational impact
• Experience securing AI/ML systems or building security controls for AI-driven platforms
• 15+ years of software engineering experience building and securing large-scale distributed systems and cloud-native platforms
• Demonstrated company-level technical leadership with cross-organizational impact
• Experience in software development working with one or more of the following languages: Java, Go, Python, C, C++
• Strong systems thinking with experience identifying and mitigating systemic risks at scale
• Deep expertise in multiple security domains, including AI/ML system security, applied cryptography, identity and access management, secure distributed system design, cloud and infrastructure security and/or software supply chain security
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent practical experience)