Senior Software Engineer (AI Platform for User Experiences)

Join Snowflake, a high-growth AI Data Cloud company, as a Senior Software Engineer. You will be part of the Apps & Experiences Platform team, responsible for powering user-facing applications and building innovative backend services, developer tooling, platform infrastructure, and AI-powered capabilities. Your work will involve feature development, platform engineering, infrastructure, and internal tooling, with a focus on reliability, scalability, maintainability, and performance. You will collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, and cross-functional teams, and participate in architecture and design discussions.

• Design, build, and operate scalable backend services and platform infrastructure that power Snowflake’s user-facing applications.
• Contribute across the full development lifecycle, from technical design and implementation to testing, deployment, and operational excellence.
• Collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality features and platform capabilities.
• Strong coding and debugging skills, with the ability to navigate complex system architectures
• 6+ years of experience designing and building large-scale distributed or user-facing systems in production environments
• Strong collaboration and communication skills with the ability to work effectively across teams
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and hands-on experience building highly reliable, scalable backend systems
• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related fields, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience with distributed systems, APIs, cloud infrastructure, or developer platforms
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures, container orchestration, service reliability, and observability
• Experience building and operating services on Kubernetes in production environments
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP is a plus