Senior Software Engineer, Data Governance

Snowflake • Menlo Park, CA

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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. 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 OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE: 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. Some experience in database security or building data governance systems is a bonus BS in Computer Science or a related field; Masters or PhD preferred 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. Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake. How do you want to make your impact? For jobs located in the United States, please visit the job posting on the Snowflake Careers Site for salary and benefits information: careers.snowflake.com To comply with pay transparency requirements and other statutes, you can notify us if you believe that a job posting is not compliant by completing this form.

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

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: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees