Snowflake
Engineering Manager/Tech Lead Manager - Runtime Engineering
$236K–$339K
US-CA-Menlo Park +1 · Hybrid · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 22, 2026
- Location
- US-CA-Menlo Park
US-WA-Bellevue - Experience
- 2+ years of engineering management and 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience.
- Education
- A degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience (preferred).
About the job
Leads a team building and operating compiler and runtime capabilities that execute Spark workloads on Snowflake, while guiding technical direction and developing engineers.
What you'll do
- Set technical direction for Spark query compilation, runtime integration, compatibility, and SQL generation.
- Improve performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency; oversee production quality, observability, incident response, and safe rollouts.
- Hire, coach, and develop engineers, and partner with technical leaders and Product Management on priorities and roadmap.
What they ask for
- 2+ years of direct engineering management experience.
- 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, including substantial work on compilers, query-processing systems, or runtime infrastructure.
- Deep expertise in a relevant area such as compiler architecture, relational query processing, language semantics and type systems, or runtime integration.
- Proficiency in Scala, Java, C++, or a comparable implementation language; strong systems fundamentals and experience debugging complex production issues.
Nice to have
- Experience with Apache Spark internals, Catalyst, Spark Connect, or DataFrame APIs.
- Experience with relational algebra, SQL generation, query optimization, or database execution systems.
Pay
$236K – $339.2K (USD, compensation; pay type not specified)
Tools
Scala, Java, C++, Apache Spark, Catalyst, Spark Connect, DataFrame APIs, SQL
AI focus
The posting describes an AI-native work culture, but does not state that this role involves AI engineering.
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