Position Details

Type Not Specified

Experience mid

Exp. Years 2+ years

Education Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field

Category Engineering (Non-Software)

About this role

Snowflake is hiring a software engineer to work on their large-scale, high-performance cloud database system, focusing on performance analysis, query optimization, and data processing algorithms.

Key Responsibilities

Design and support cloud database
Analyze performance bottlenecks
Implement query algorithms
Develop data processing tools
Support large-scale data systems

Technical Overview

Role involves developing and supporting petabyte-scale cloud data systems, with expertise in Java, C++, distributed systems, and data warehousing technologies.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a software engineer with at least 2 years of experience working on large-scale cloud database systems, proficient in Java and C++, with strong understanding of distributed systems and data processing algorithms.

Must-Have Skills

design and support large-scale cloud databaseanalyze performance bottlenecksimplement query optimizationdevelop data processing algorithms

Nice-to-Have Skills

internals of distributed key-value storesHDFSCassandraColumnar Databasesstorage engines like RocksDBInnoDBBerkeleyDB

Tools & Platforms

JavaC++LinuxHadoopSparkMySQLPostgreSQLHDFSCassandraRocksDB

Required Skills

JavaC++LinuxData StructuresAlgorithmsDistributed SystemsMulti-threadingConcurrencyDatabase InternalsQuery OptimizationData WarehousingHadoopSparkMySQLPostgreSQLStorage EnginesBig DataReplication

Hard Skills

JavaC++LinuxData StructuresAlgorithmsDistributed SystemsMulti-threadingConcurrencyDatabase InternalsQuery OptimizationData WarehousingHadoopSparkMySQLPostgreSQLStorage EnginesBig DataReplication

Soft Skills

problem solvinganalytical thinkingcollaborationadaptability

Industry & Role

Industry Technology, Data Management, Cloud Computing

Job Function Engineering and optimization of large-scale cloud data processing systems

Keywords for Your Resume

Software EngineerJavaC++LinuxData StructuresAlgorithmsDistributed SystemsMulti-threadingConcurrencyDatabase InternalsQuery OptimizationData WarehousingHadoopSparkMySQLPostgreSQLStorage EnginesBig DataReplication

Deal Breakers

Less than 2 years of experience, Lack of experience with distributed databases, Inability to work on-site in Menlo Park

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