Position Details

Type Not Specified

Experience senior

Exp. Years 5+ years

Education Not specified

Category Software Engineering

About this role

Snowflake seeks a senior software engineer to develop and enhance open source analytics tools within their data lake ecosystem, focusing on interoperability, scalability, and community collaboration.

Key Responsibilities

Developing next-gen data lake capabilities
Contributing to OSS projects
Building scalable data systems
Collaborating with open source community
Enhancing data governance features

Technical Overview

Role involves working with open source data formats like Apache Iceberg and Polaris, building scalable data lake components, and integrating OSS with Snowflake's cloud platform, emphasizing performance and governance.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior software engineer with over 5 years of experience in building scalable, distributed data systems, with a strong background in open source projects related to data lake architectures. They are passionate about contributing to open source communities and developing interoperable data formats.

Must-Have Skills

5+ years of experience designing and building scalabledistributed systemscontribution to open source projectsexperience with data lake architecturesbuilding and evolving open source data formatscontributing to OSS communities

Nice-to-Have Skills

contributions to Apache Icebergexperience with Apache Polarisknowledge of cloud platformsexperience with data governanceREST API development

Tools & Platforms

Apache IcebergApache PolarisApache ParquetSnowflakecloud providers

Required Skills

Apache IcebergApache PolarisApache Parquetdata lakedata lakehouseschema evolutiontime travelscalabilityperformanceREST APIOSS contributionsdistributed systems

Hard Skills

Apache IcebergApache PolarisApache ParquetDML/DDL transactionsschema evolutionpartitioningtime travelOpen Source Analyticsinteroperable data lakedata lakehouse architectureinteroperable table formatsdata catalogsquery enginesREST APIscalabilityperformanceusability

Soft Skills

collaborationinnovationproblem-solvingteamworkcommunication

Industry & Role

Industry SaaS, Data & Analytics, Open Source, Cloud Data Platforms

Job Function Developing and evolving open source data lake analytics infrastructure

Keywords for Your Resume

Senior Software EngineerOpen Source AnalyticsApache IcebergApache PolarisApache Parquetdata lakedata lakehouseinteroperable table formatsschema evolutiontime travelscalabilityperformanceREST APIOSS contributionsdistributed systemsinteroperable data formats

Deal Breakers

Less than 5 years of relevant experience, Lack of open source contribution experience, No experience with data lake or data formats, Unwillingness to collaborate with OSS community

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