Senior Software Engineer, Data Governance
Role Overview
As a Senior Software Engineer on the Data Governance team at Snowflake, you will design and build data governance features, working closely with Product Managers to drive projects from idea to implementation. You'll solve real business needs at large scale, applying software engineering and analytical problem-solving skills to help customers govern their data assets through fine-grained access, privacy, lineage, and auditability. This senior role involves making trade-offs for optimal system design and collaborating across teams to deliver cross-functional initiatives.
Perks & Benefits
This is a fully remote position, offering a competitive estimated base salary range of $200,000 to $287,500, plus eligibility for bonus and equity plans. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, flexible spending accounts, at least 12 paid holidays, paid time off, parental leave, and an employee assistance program. The company emphasizes a culture of impact, innovation, and collaboration, with opportunities for career growth in a fast-scaling environment, though time zone expectations are not specified but likely flexible for remote work.
Full Job Description
Snowflake is about empowering enterprises to achieve their full potential — and people too. With a culture that’s all in on impact, innovation, and collaboration, Snowflake is the sweet spot for building big, moving fast, and taking technology — and careers — to the next level.
The Data Governance team builds services, systems, and product features to help our customers govern all their data assets through the full lifecycle within Snowflake. We provide fine grained secure data access, data privacy guards, data lineage tracking, and auditability access. We leverage ML techniques across our product offerings to make the lives of Data Stewards easier.
AS A SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER IN DATA GOVERNANCE AT SNOWFLAKE, YOU WILL:
Work closely with Product Managers to drive projects from idea formulation to design and implementation
Design and build data governance features
Solve real business needs at large scale by applying your software engineering and analytical problem solving skills
Make trade-offs to design the best system for Snowflake customers' needs
Collaborate with engineers across teams to help deliver cross-functional initiatives
OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE:
7+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
Fluency in Java required
Experience with database fundamentals including working with SQL
Systems programming skills including multi-threading, concurrency, etc.
Some experience in database security or building data governance systems is a bonus
BS in Computer Science or a related field; Masters or PhD preferred
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
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