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Technical Lead/Manager

Snowflake4 days ago
Toronto
Senior Level

Top Benefits

Comprehensive health insurance plans
Health savings accounts
Robust retirement plans

About the role

Who you are

  • 9+ years of experience in designing and building large-scale user-facing systems in production
  • 3+ years of experience in managing and leading teams building lean mission-critical, highly concurrent, high-throughput, low-latency systems that power user interfaces
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills
  • Extensive and strong development experience in cloud environments, such as AWS, Azure, and GCP, is a plus
  • Strong hands-on skills. Can drill deep into the complex system design and implementation on a routine basis
  • BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related majors, or equivalent experience

What the job involves

  • The Apps & Experiences Platform team is powering systems and services for all our user facing apps including Snowsight, Snowflake Intelligence, and new mobile apps
  • Our mission is to craft innovative backend services, features, tools, infrastructure, and AI tooling that bring such products to life with delightful user experiences
  • As part of our team, you'll dive into a mix of creating features, managing platform infrastructure, and building AI self-serve tools to support the platform and its developer’s needs
  • We're passionate about building a platform that is highly reliable, available, maintainable, and scalable
  • We are a high growth AI data cloud company and we are looking for exceptional talent like you to help build and grow our infrastructure to scale us to the next level
  • Own the technical strategy and execution for the team, driving projects from initial idea formulation and detailed system design to high-quality implementation and successful deployment
  • Provide deep technical oversight by actively participating in design reviews, architecture discussions, and drilling into complex system implementations to ensure reliability and scalability
  • Serve as a key technical contributor and subject matter expert, setting the bar for engineering excellence and coding best practices within the team
  • Mentor and coach engineers on complex technical challenges and career development, and grow a strong, diverse team through proactive hiring
  • Define team plans and deliverables while remaining accountable for the platform's availability, maintainability, and performance
  • Collaborate closely with the Product Management team to translate user needs and product requirements into clear technical roadmaps
  • Lead the improvement of our engineering processes, tooling, and standards, focusing on efficiency and velocity
  • Partner effectively with other engineering and cross-functional teams to ensure smooth integration and influence the direction of the broader platform

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance plans
  • Health savings accounts
  • Robust retirement plans
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Weekly online lunch and learns
  • Virtual workout classes
  • Ergonomic work-from-home equipment
  • On-demand mental health and wellness programs
  • Fertility benefits and family planning resources
  • Generous time-off and various leave plans
  • Onsite and Remote Work
  • Employee discounts and pre-tax selections
  • New hire equity + Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
  • Quarterly bonus or commission program

About Snowflake

Software Development