Director of Engineering, Snowflake Apps

Snowflake • Bellevue, WA

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About The Position

At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done.
We are seeking a Director of Engineering for the Snowflake Apps organization to scale our application products, including Streamlit, Native Apps, and React platforms. This high-impact leadership role requires an architect's mindset combined with a drive to deliver results. You will own the end-to-end success of our app ecosystem and its integrations with various partners to drive growth. The role touches upon a broad range of technical challenges ranging from security, performance, agentic authoring and lifecycle management.

Requirements

• 10+ years of Engineering leadership experience with 2+ years at director level
• Deep understanding of modern web applications design architecture and AI applications
• Experience managing large scale full stack and front end organizations
• Expertise in modern technologies such as React and Node.JS
• Strong background in software development lifecycle processes
• Demonstrated technical leadership as architect or tech lead for high-impact projects

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for Snowflake Apps teams while driving recruitment of top engineering talent
• Define architectural vision for Snowflake Applications with focus on AI-powered interfaces
• Create and own architecture design while influencing product roadmap
• Promote strong cross-functional collaboration with design and product management teams
• Lead and mentor high-impact engineering teams
• Drive horizontal programs across the enterprise while maintaining technical excellence

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• flexible spending & health savings account
• at least 12 paid holidays
• paid time off
• parental leave
• employee assistance program
• other company benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees