engineering
Posted Jun 5Senior Software Engineer - Internal Observability
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 is about empowering enterprises to achieve their full potential — and people too.
- We are looking for a Senior Engineer in Observability to help define and build the next generation of AI powered observability for Snowflake’s global data platform.
- YOU WILL: - Design and build large scale telemetry pipelines that ingest, process, and analyze metrics, logs, and traces across Snowflake’s multi cloud platform - Architect AI driven observability systems that leverage machine learning for anomaly detection, root cause analysis, and predictive insights - Partner with Snowflake teams to embed observability deeply into all layers of the platform - Define and drive standards for instrumentation, tracing, and telemetry across services - Build tools and
- experience in software engineering with a strong focus on distributed systems - Deep
- experience building and operating large scale cloud services - Strong programming skills in languages such as Java, Scala, C++, or Python - Solid understanding of system performance, debugging, and reliability engineering principles -
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP - Proven ability to lead complex technical projects and influence architecture decisions - Strong problem solving skills and ability to work in a fast paced environment BONUS POINTS FOR
- EXPERIENCE WITH THE FOLLOWING: -
- Experience designing telemetry systems including metrics, logging, and distributed tracing 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.
Benefits
- 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.
- 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.
- This role sits at the intersection of large scale distributed systems, telemetry pipelines, and machine intelligence, enabling engineers and customers to understand, diagnose, and optimize complex workloads in real time.
- It is every employee's duty to keep customer 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.