Principal Engineer

📋 Description

• Lead and define architectural vision for the SiS platform across container/runtime layers and
• Drive evolution toward next-gen capabilities, performance at scale, and integration with Snowflake
• Represent SiS in company-wide architecture forums and shape platform strategy.
• Set engineering standards for performance, reliability, and scale for high-concurrency use.
• Lead technical design and review for cross-functional initiatives with infra, Snowsight, Cortex/AI
• Hands-on contributor: write specs, implement changes, review PRs, ensure API design quality.

🎯 Requirements

• 15+ years of software engineering experience with architecting dev platforms or runtimes.
• Deep Python expertise (application runtimes, server-side frameworks, distributed execution).
• Strong understanding of container environments (Docker, Kubernetes, SPCS) and performance tradeoffs.
• Experience designing developer-facing SDKs, embedding APIs, and API versioning.
• Ability to lead cross-team programs and drive alignment without direct authority.
• Enterprise SaaS reliability experience: multi-tenancy, security reviews, migrations.

🎁 Benefits

• Competitive compensation: $250K – $380K per year (USD).
• Hybrid work arrangement in the United States.
• Join a high-ownership engineering culture at Snowflake.