engineering
Posted Jun 2Software Engineer Intern - Berlin (2026)
at Snowflake
On-site
Requirements
- 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.
- 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.
- WHAT WE OFFER : - Paid, full-time internships in the heart of the software industry - Post-internship career opportunities (full-time and/or additional internships) - Exposure to a fast-paced, yet fun, startup culture - A chance to work with world-class experts on challenging projects - Opportunity to provide meaningful contributions to a real system used by customers - High level of access to supervisors (manager and mentor), detailed direction without micromanagement, feedback throughout your internship,
- experience with geo features processing, and contributions to open source. -
- Experience working with big data (engineering / processing) and data migration - Duration: 4 month minimum, 6 months recommended, up to 12 months supported, start date flexible - Target start dates: February 2026 and onward - Excellent programming skills in C++ or Java - Knowledge of data structures and algorithms - Strong problem solving and ability to learn quickly in a dynamic environment - Fluent English language skills (oral and written) -
- Experience with working as a part of a team - Dedication and passion for technology - Systems programming skills including multi-threading, concurrency, etc.
- WHAT YOU WILL LEARN/GAIN : - How to build enterprise grade, reliable, and trustworthy software/services - Exposure to SQL and/or other database technologies (e.g., Spark, Hadoop) - Understanding of database internals, large-scale data processing, transaction processing, distributed systems, and data warehouse design - Implementation, testing of features in query compilation, compiler design, query execution -
- Experience working with cloud infrastructure, AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud in particular - Learning about cutting edge database technology and research POSSIBLE TEAMS/WORK FOCUS AREA : - Execution platform (XP), Search Optimization (SO), SQL Features (Geo, Collations) - Database engineering, service runtime, streaming (data pipelines), metadata, Streamlit and cloud engineering teams.
Benefits
- Snowflake started with a clear vision: develop a cloud data platform that is effective, affordable, and accessible to all data users.
- 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
Contact
- benefits information: careers.snowflake.com http://careers.snowflake.com
Additional details
- At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise.
- 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.
- We are now a global, world-class organization with offices in more than a dozen countries and serving many more.
- experience: Research or publications in databases or distributed systems,
- - High performance large-scale data processing - Large-scale distributed systems - Query compilation and optimization - Software-as-a-Service platform - Software frameworks for stability and performance testing 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.