Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This Senior Software Engineer role sits at the intersection of two increasingly central SaaS patterns: data sharing as a product capability and marketplaces as a distribution channel. The focus on Snowflake’s Data Sharing and Data Marketplace infrastructure signals work on platform-level primitives that enable third parties to exchange and consume data securely across organizations and clouds—an area where SaaS differentiation often comes from reliability and interoperability rather than UI features.
For a SaaS career, the role offers durable experience in building and operating cloud-native, highly available distributed services with clear customer-facing SLO expectations. Exposure to multi-cloud considerations, governance and access-control models, and performance-sensitive systems translates well to other infrastructure-heavy SaaS domains (data platforms, developer tools, fintech, security). The explicit link to open-source standards (e.g., Apache Iceberg and REST specifications) also builds credibility in ecosystems where adoption depends on compatibility and community direction.
This is best suited to engineers who prefer foundational engineering: designing core services, thinking in failure modes, and balancing product requirements with operational readiness. It will particularly fit senior ICs who enjoy cross-team collaboration and shaping technical direction in areas like interoperability, security boundaries, and distributed consistency.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
Snowflake is about empowering enterprises to achieve their full potential — and people too. 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.
The Sharing Foundation team builds software that connects customers via data and provides customers access to the Data Cloud. The team builds the revolutionary Data Sharing technology and Snowflake Data Marketplace infrastructure.
AS A SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER - SHARING FOUNDATIONS YOU WILL:
Lead highly impactful initiatives around Snowflake Data Sharing and Snowflake Data Marketplace.
Innovate and build highly secured and reliable software to allow customers to be data-driven.
Architect and build systems that integrate open source technologies seamlessly with Snowflake - enabling our customers to build and share massive data lake architectures across platforms and across cloud providers.
Collaborate with Snowflake's open-source team and the Apache Iceberg community to contribute new features and enhance the Iceberg REST specification.
Design and implement highly available distributed platforms within the global Snowflake.
Revolutionize how organizations distribute, consume, and use data as a strategic business asset.
Ensure operational readiness of the services and meet the commitments to our customers regarding reliability, availability and performance.
OUR IDEAL SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER - SHARING FOUNDATIONS, WILL HAVE:
7+ years industry experience designing, building and supporting large-scale distributed systems in production.
Strong programming skills in Java, Scala, or C++ with an emphasis on performance and reliability.
Deep understanding of distributed transaction processing, concurrency control, and high-performance query engines.
Experience with open-source data lake formats (e.g., Apache Iceberg, Parquet, Delta) and the challenges associated with multi-engine interoperability.
Experience building cloud-native services and working with public cloud providers like AWS, Azure, or GCP.
A passion for open-source software and community engagement, particularly in the data ecosystem.
Familiarity with data governance, security, and access control models in distributed data systems.
BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related majors, or equivalent experience.
ABOUT SHARING AND MARKETPLACE FOUNDATIONS:
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.
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 benefits information: careers.snowflake.com
