Snowflake
Tech Lead/Manager, AI-Native Authoring
$236K–$339K
US-WA-Bellevue · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026
- Experience
- 9+ years in large-scale production systems and full-stack development; 2+ years managing and leading teams.
- Education
- BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related majors, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads the team building Snowflake’s authoring and notebook platform, spanning backend compute systems and customer-facing editing experiences.
What you'll do
- Own technical strategy and execution, from system design through implementation and deployment, ensuring platform reliability, scale, and performance.
- Lead and mentor engineers, set engineering standards, and coordinate roadmaps and integration with product and partner teams.
- Build and maintain a Tier-1 production service, participate in on-call, and drive improvements to engineering processes and automation.
What they ask for
- 9+ years of experience designing and building large-scale production systems and in full-stack development.
- 2+ years of experience managing and leading teams building mission-critical, highly concurrent, high-throughput, low-latency systems.
- Strong hands-on skills in complex system design and implementation; deep understanding of web application architecture, API design, security, performance, and scale.
- BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related majors, or equivalent experience.
Nice to have
- Cloud development experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP); familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure.
- Experience in regulated, compliance-driven, or air-gapped environments; knowledge of database internals and SQL.
Pay
$236K – $339.2K (base salary; currency not stated)
Tools
golang, Python, TypeScript, React, AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker
AI focus
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