Principal Software Engineer

Snowflake

Principal Software Engineer focusing on AI-first platforms and tools at Snowflake. Collaborating with engineering teams to enhance developer experience and improve productivity.

Posted 7/28/2026full-timeMenlo Park • California, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $236,000 - $339,200 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in developing AI-first platforms and tools, with a strong focus on enhancing developer productivity and system reliability. Proficient in programming languages such as Go, Java, or Python, and skilled in collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive impactful engineering solutions.

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AI-First ProcessesFluency In Go, Java, Or PythonEnterprise-Grade Build SystemsProblem Solving SkillsStrong CS Fundamentals

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Hard Skills

AI ApplicationsLarge Codebases DevelopmentObservabilityAlertingSLOsAutomated RemediationData StructuresAlgorithmsDistributed Systems

Soft Skills

Interpersonal CommunicationTeam CollaborationMentoring

Industry Keywords

Developer ExperienceAgentic Development WorkflowsEngineering ProcessesTooling Standards

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsGoJavaPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and build AI-first platforms, tools, and best practices to significantly enhance the developer experience for Snowsight
Drive strategy and initiatives to improve agentic development workflows and build infrastructure to support 10x increases in developer productivity
Improve platform reliability by investing in observability, alerting, SLOs, and automated remediation across our systems.
Collaborate with product managers, architects, other engineering teams, and business groups, to drive end-to-end solutions.
Contribute to improving our engineering processes, tooling, and standards.

Requirements

What you’ll need

12+ years industry experience developing tools for large codebases.
Passion for AI-first processes and for building platforms that enable many teams to move faster while keeping systems maintainable and safe.
Experience with or strong interest in AI or LLM-based applications (agents, prompt/tool engineering, evals, or productionized AI features)
Experience working on enterprise-grade build systems.
Excellent problem solving skills, and strong CS fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
Fluency in Go, Java, or Python.
Ability to work in a team environment, collaborate well, and mentor junior engineers.
A strategic mindset and strong sense of what to prioritize for maximum impact.
Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
Outstanding written and oral English language skills.
Ability to work on-site at our Bellevue, WA or Menlo Park, CA offices.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Design and build AI-first platforms, tools, and best practices to significantly enhance the developer experience for Snowsight
Drive strategy and initiatives to improve agentic development workflows and build infrastructure to support 10x increases in developer productivity
Improve platform reliability by investing in observability, alerting, SLOs, and automated remediation across our systems.
Collaborate with product managers, architects, other engineering teams, and business groups, to drive end-to-end solutions.
Contribute to improving our engineering processes, tooling, and standards. 🎯 Requirements
12+ years industry experience developing tools for large codebases.
Passion for AI-first processes and for building platforms that enable many teams to move faster while keeping systems maintainable and safe.
Experience with or strong interest in AI or LLM-based applications (agents, prompt/tool engineering, evals, or productionized AI features)
Experience working on enterprise-grade build systems.
Excellent problem solving skills, and strong CS fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
Fluency in Go, Java, or Python.
Ability to work in a team environment, collaborate well, and mentor junior engineers.
A strategic mindset and strong sense of what to prioritize for maximum impact.
Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
Outstanding written and oral English language skills.
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