Principal Software Engineer II - Next-Gen Data Transformations

The role

You will architect the core data processing engine of the Snowflake Data & AI Cloud. You will design and implement fundamental transformations infrastructure including stateful stream processing engines and distributed orchestration fabric.

What you will do

• Architect Foundation Primitives for Agentic AI Data Engineering
• Build the Data Transformation Processing Fabric
• Innovate in System Internals
• Displace Legacy Orchestration Layers
• Engineer for Global Scale and Governance
• Drive Technical Strategy for the AI Era
• Drive Customer Success through Direct Engagement
• Ensure Operational Excellence

Required qualifications

• 14+ years of industry experience building database systems internals, distributed systems internals, or large-scale data processing engines
• Strong Technical Leadership
• Mastery of Systems Programming
• Infrastructure-First Mindset
• Distributed Systems Expertise
• Ecosystem Awareness
• Collaborative Leadership

Nice to have

• Deep expertise in stateful stream processing, incremental view maintenance, distributed transactions, and query execution internals

About the company

Snowflake is building the industry-leading Cloud Data and AI Platform. The company is scaling its team to enable and accelerate growth.