Snowflake
Staff Software Engineer - Query Processing (Snowtrail)
$236K–$339K
US-CA-Menlo Park · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 1, 2026
About the job
Designs and builds systems that help engineering teams deliver high-quality software faster, with quality validation optimized for cost and performance.
What you'll do
- Design and build software systems to increase engineering development velocity and provide quality validation.
- Help ensure the team meets current customer needs and anticipates future technological demands.
What they ask for
- Experience with SQL or other database technologies, including internal design and implementation.
- Experience with query optimization, query execution, and compiler design and implementation.
- Experience with MySQL and PostgreSQL internals.
- Experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems infrastructure.
Nice to have
- Experience with release validation pipelines or test infrastructure in production.
Pay
$236K – $339.2K (compensation type not specified)
Tools
SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL
AI focus
The posting describes an AI-native mindset and encourages using AI as a collaborator, but does not specify AI-related job duties.
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