Hiring: Software Engineer (AI-Native), Database Engineering Company: Snowflake Location: Menlo Park, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-13 10:55:28 Target Skills & Keywords : C++, Java, Python, Rust, Snowflake About the job Experience: •2+ years of software engineering experience building and operating complex production systems. Required Skills: •Work on critical business initiatives in the core database engine, bringing an AI-first approach to software development to accelerate roadmap cycles and deliver greater customer impact. •Your work will directly impact how developers and businesses build with data. You'll own features end-to-end while applying AI-native engineering practices across design, implementation, evaluation, deployment, measurement, and optimization. •Thrive here if you are comfortable working in a fast-moving environment with short feedback loops, ambiguity, and a high bar for execution. We value people who take problems through completion, going beyond prototypes to deliver reliable, observable solutions with measurable outcomes. •Own features end-to-end for Snowflake Database Engineering products, from design and implementation through testing, deployment, and production operations. •Design and build reliable, scalable systems for complex database and data platform workloads, with a focus on performance, correctness, and operability. •Lead the adoption of modern AI-driven development practices, using coding agents, automated verification, and continuous benchmarking to build higher-quality software at speed. •Partner with product and infrastructure teams to translate customer and engineering problems into robust product capabilities and production-ready systems. •Interface directly with a highly experienced team of engineers to build and evolve core Snowflake products. Qualifications: •Power user of modern coding agents who goes beyond adoption by systematically measuring their effectiveness, identifying failure modes, and improving their use in engineering workflows. •Operational familiarity with database internals, including query languages, compilation, query optimization or execution, semantic layers, or large-scale storage and retrieval systems. •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. •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? •For jobs located in the United States, please visit the job posting on the Snowflake Careers Site for salary and benefits information: careers.snowflake.com •The estimated base salary range for this role is $160,000 - $230,000. •Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Snowflake’s bonus and equity plan. •To comply with pay transparency requirements and other statutes, you can notify us if you believe that a job posting is not compliant by completing this form. Compensation: •$160,000 - $230,000 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!