Snowflake
Senior Engineering Manager - OLTP
$264K–$380K
US-CA-Menlo Park · Hybrid · Manager · Full-time · Posted Aug 15, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years in database internals, OLTP databases, or distributed storage systems; 8+ years leading engineering teams, including multiple teams and managers.
- Education
- BS/MS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads teams developing Snowflake’s OLTP database technology and cloud infrastructure, setting technical strategy and guiding systems from design through production.
What you'll do
- Set architecture, roadmaps, and execution strategy for the OLTP platform; lead major initiatives through launch and operation.
- Lead and grow multiple engineering teams, managers, and technical leaders; recruit and develop staff.
- Drive database architecture, reliability, operational readiness, and AI-assisted engineering practices.
What they ask for
- 10+ years experience in database internals, OLTP databases, or distributed storage systems.
- 8+ years leading engineering teams, including multiple teams and managers.
- Deep experience with database transactions, concurrency, consistency, replication, recovery, storage, and performance; OLTP database internals or Postgres internals.
- Experience operating mission-critical systems and significant cloud experience across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP.
Pay
$264K – $379.5K (base salary; currency not stated)
Tools
AWS, Azure, GCP, Postgres
AI focus
Drive adoption of AI and agentic development practices across the software development lifecycle; strong understanding of AI-assisted and agentic software development is requested.
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