Senior Software Engineer- Data Governance

Snowflake Computing • Menlo Park, CA

39d

About The Position

Snowflake is about empowering enterprises to achieve their full potential — and people too. With a culture that's all in on impact, innovation, and collaboration, Snowflake is the sweet spot for building big, moving fast, and taking technology — and careers — to the next level. We're at the forefront of the data revolution, committed to building the world's greatest data and applications platform. Snowflake started with a clear vision: develop a cloud data platform that is effective, affordable, and accessible to all data users. Snowflake developed an innovative new product with a built-for-the-cloud architecture that combines the power of data warehousing, the flexibility of big data platforms, and the elasticity of the cloud at a fraction of the cost of traditional solutions. The Data Governance team builds services, systems, and product features to help our customers govern all their data assets through the full lifecycle within Snowflake. We provide fine grained secure data access, data privacy guards, data lineage tracking, and auditability access. We leverage ML techniques across our product offerings to make the lives of Data Stewards easier. AS A SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER IN DATA GOVERNANCE AT SNOWFLAKE, YOU WILL: Work closely with Product Managers to drive projects from idea formulation to design and implementation Design and build data governance features Solve real business needs at large scale by applying your software engineering and analytical problem solving skills Make trade-offs to design the best system for Snowflake customers' needs Collaborate with engineers across teams to help deliver cross-functional initiatives

Requirements

• 7+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
• Fluency in Java required
• Experience with database fundamentals including working with SQL
• Systems programming skills including multi-threading, concurrency, etc.
• BS in Computer Science or a related field
• Every Snowflake employee is expected to follow the company's confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data.
• Snowflake employees must abide by the company's data security plan as an essential part of their duties.
• It is every employee's duty to keep customer information secure and confidential.

Nice To Haves

• Some experience in database security or building data governance systems is a bonus
• Masters or PhD preferred

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Product Managers to drive projects from idea formulation to design and implementation
• Design and build data governance features
• Solve real business needs at large scale by applying your software engineering and analytical problem solving skills
• Make trade-offs to design the best system for Snowflake customers' needs
• Collaborate with engineers across teams to help deliver cross-functional initiatives

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level