Principal Software Engineer II - Interoperable Foundations

0->1 Architectural Leadership: Lead the ground-up redesign of our core Metadata systems, influencing the transaction frameworks that power query, DML, and AI-driven data interactions in addition to extending our lead on platform capabilities such as Zero Copy Cloning and Cross-Region / Cross-Cloud Replication.

Iceberg Innovation: Drive industry-leading innovation on Apache Iceberg, ensuring it serves as a first-class citizen for Analytics, Data Engineering, and high-performance AI workloads.

AI & Agentic Foundation: Build the foundational metadata capabilities - from richer metadata for AI workloads, to lifecycle management and global replication (Snowgrid)—that allow AI agents to navigate, understand, and act upon massive datasets in a secure and governed fashion.

Scalability & Resilience: Solve "impossible" challenges in fault-tolerance, scalability, high availability, and performance for services that must meet the demands of a rapidly growing global ecosystem.

Strategic Influence: Own the end-to-end architecture, influence the product roadmap, and identify the next innovations that will keep Snowflake at the cutting edge of the AI era.

Mentorship: Grow the next generation of engineers, fostering a culture of rigorous innovation and technical excellence.