Software Engineer, Engineering Infrastructure - Entry Level

Snowflake • Toronto, ON

9d

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.
Snowflake is at the forefront of the data revolution, committed to building the world's greatest data and applications platform. We started with a clear vision: develop a cloud data platform that is effective, affordable, and accessible to all data users. Our culture is focused on impact, innovation, and collaboration, empowering our team to build big, move fast, and take technology—and careers—to the next level.
Come join our Engineering Infrastructure team as a Software Engineer focused on the CI/CD platform that powers Snowflake's development velocity. You will build, maintain, and improve the continuous integration systems that thousands of engineers rely on every day to ship code with confidence.
Graduation is only the beginning; a fresh start, and the opportunity to make an impact with your career. That’s why at Snowflake, we’re focused on creating a well-rounded experience for university graduates. You’ll learn from some of the best minds in the industry and breathe life into your projects from conception to execution, all while working on cutting edge technology. We are here to support each other as we grow in our careers at all levels, and we’re excited to meet you and ask: how will you make an impact?

Requirements

• 1-3 years of professional experience in a DevOps, infrastructure, or software engineering role.
• Familiarity with continuous integration and delivery systems and practical experience building or maintaining automated build and deployment pipelines.
• Understanding of artifact repository management and software packaging concepts.
• Experience with cloud computing platforms (AWS preferred) and programmatic resource provisioning.
• Proficiency with distributed version control systems, code review processes, and repository management.
• Foundational knowledge of operating system concepts (Linux/Unix), networking fundamentals, and scripting for automation.
• Experience with containerization and container orchestration (Kubernetes preferred).
• Strong troubleshooting skills and a methodical approach to debugging distributed systems.
• Curiosity about how large-scale infrastructure is built, operated, and improved.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools and practices.
• Scripting proficiency in Python, Groovy, or Bash for build automation and tooling.
• Exposure to build systems and build graph optimization.
• Understanding of observability practices including monitoring, logging, and alerting.
• Bachelor's, Master's, or doctorate completed, or graduation impending in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of continuous integration and delivery pipelines, ensuring reliable and efficient build, test, and release workflows across the organization.
• Help manage artifact lifecycle systems including versioning, storage, distribution, and dependency management to support reproducible builds at scale.
• Partner with development teams to design and improve code review workflows, branching strategies, and automated integration processes.
• Provision, monitor, and optimize cloud infrastructure to support CI workloads, balancing cost efficiency with performance and reliability.
• Troubleshoot build failures, pipeline bottlenecks, and infrastructure issues, driving root-cause analysis and implementing lasting fixes.
• Contribute to internal tooling and automation that improves developer velocity and engineering productivity.

Benefits

• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees