Senior Software Engineer - Observe by Snowflake, Indexing and Query Execution

📋 Description

• Own and evolve the query execution service, including query caching, incremental execution, query
• Systematically analyze large volumes of user and system-generated queries to identify performance
• Investigate and resolve customer-reported query latency issues, including acting as a first
• Work on automated tuning of system parameters to reduce query execution times and costs
• Partner with Snowflake engineering and product teams to advocate for platform improvements
• Propose, scope, and deliver improvements to the query execution pipeline with attention to both

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of industry experience building distributed systems
• Hands-on experience working below the query interface, on the execution machinery itself (e.g.
• Proven ability to diagnose and resolve database performance issues at scale, including both
• Strong understanding of algorithms, distributed systems architecture, and backend infrastructure
• Ability to rapidly onboard to complex, unfamiliar systems and deliver meaningful improvements
• Customer-focused mindset: able to translate user-reported performance problems into technical root

🎁 Benefits

• Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We