Senior Software Engineer – Engineering Systems – Bazel

Snowflake is seeking a talented Senior Software Engineer to join their Engineering Systems (ES) team and help build a world-class developer platform for the Snowflake Data Cloud. As a key member of the ES team, you will play a central role in delivering the next generation of tools used by Snowflake's world-class engineers to develop their flagship product.

Your responsibilities will include:

1. Evolving developer infrastructure and tooling to be elastic, large-scale, and highly performant with simplicity at its core.
2. Leading the company-wide migration of the build and test infrastructure to Bazel.
3. Driving clarity on strategy and partnering with product managers to chart quarterly and long-term roadmaps.
4. Ensuring the team executes on current customer needs while staying ahead of technological trends and future demands.

The ideal candidate will have:

• 7+ years of industry experience developing tools for large monorepo-based codebases.
• Strong passion for making developers highly productive.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and strong CS fundamentals.
• Experience with the Bazel build system and/or its internals.
• Fluency in Java, C++, Python, or Go.
• Ability to work in a team environment, collaborate well, and mentor junior engineers.
• Strategic mindset and strong sense of prioritization for maximum impact.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills and outstanding written and oral English language skills.

Additional valuable experience includes:

• Bazel production ecosystem (e.g., BuildBarn, BuildBuddy)
• Integration between Bazel and IDEs such as IntelliJ and VSCode
• IntelliJ plugin development
• CI/CD Platforms (e.g., Jenkins, Nexus, Artifactory, GitLab)
• Kubernetes, ArgoCD, and Helm
• Multi-tenant systems with a focus on reliability, performance, isolation, and security
• Enterprise-grade build systems
• Shell scripting (e.g., bash)

Join Snowflake to build the future of the AI Data Cloud and make a significant impact on the company's growth and innovation.