Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Marketplace infrastructure has become a defining layer of modern SaaS, and this Software Engineering Manager role sits directly on that seam—where product discovery, partner supply, and customer consumption meet. The listing signals a platform area with meaningful surface area (full‑stack, UX, partner ecosystem) rather than a narrow feature team, which is typically where SaaS companies concentrate leverage as marketplaces mature.
From a SaaS career perspective, leading a team that ships customer-facing marketplace capabilities builds durable experience in balancing roadmap delivery with architectural longevity. The role’s emphasis on cross-functional partnership with Product and Design maps closely to how SaaS organizations translate usage and feedback into iterative platform improvements. It also places an engineering leader near operational concerns that tend to recur across SaaS businesses: reliability, monitoring, quality gates, and repeatable delivery practices.
This position is best suited to an engineering manager who stays close to technical decisions while scaling team execution through hiring, coaching, and process refinement. It will appeal to professionals who prefer roles with high coordination across functions and a clear product interface, and who are motivated by platform problems that must serve multiple external stakeholders (customers and partners) without sacrificing developer velocity.
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.
Snowflake is at the forefront of the data and AI revolution - with a mission to help every company achieve its potential with data & AI. As part of our mission to enable every organization to achieve its full potential, the Snowflake Marketplace serves as the vibrant hub which enables customers to do more with data. We are building a platform that empowers organizations to seamlessly discover, access, and build with valuable datasets, cutting-edge applications, and intelligent AI agents.
With rapid growth of Snowflake Marketplace, we are not just adding new features - we are rethinking the architecture and reimagining the user experience to build a best-in-class product that scales to meet the demands of our global customer and partner ecosystem.
We are seeking a Software Engineering Manager who is a hands-on technical leader to guide a team of talented engineers in this critical area. You will manage a team responsible for full-stack development, partner closely with Product Management and Design to define the roadmap and drive execution, acting as a force multiplier for the team.
AS A SOFTWARE ENGINEERING MANAGER AT SNOWFLAKE, YOU WILL:
Build and Grow a High-Performing Team: Manage, mentor, and grow a full stack team of 5–10 engineers. You will be responsible for hiring top talent, managing performance, and fostering a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning.
Drive Cross-Functional Impact: Partner tightly with Product Managers and UX Designers to understand & translate customer needs into robust technical solutions. You will play a key role in shaping the product roadmap and ensuring the team creates intuitive, seamless user experiences.
Lead Technical Strategy, Execution & Delivery: Actively participate in design reviews, technical decision-making, and oversee the end-to-end software development lifecycle. Ensure the team delivers on time with high quality, balancing speed of delivery with long-term architectural health and scalability.
Elevate Engineering Culture: Champion engineering operational excellence. You will refine agile processes, improve developer velocity, and ensure the team adheres to high standards for testing, monitoring, and documentation.
OUR IDEAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING MANAGER WILL HAVE:
Engineering Management Experience: 3+ years of experience managing high-performing full stack engineering teams (ideally 5–10 engineers), with a proven track record of hiring, coaching, and retaining top talent.
Strong Technical Depth: 10+ years of total software engineering experience with a strong background in leading full-stack development. You should have previous experience as a senior/staff engineer and be capable of diving into code and architecture discussions when necessary.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Demonstrated ability to work effectively with Product Management and User Experience (UX) teams to build complex, customer-facing products.
Technical Fluency: Familiarity with the modern stack used by the team, including TypeScript, React, and languages like Java, Python and Go.
Operational Excellence: Experience managing project scope, setting clear goals, and guiding complex projects from concept to launch in a fast-paced environment.
Product Passion: A genuine passion for creating exceptional user experiences and a relentless drive to deliver measurable value to customers and partners.
Every Snowflake employee is expected to follow the company’s confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data. Snowflake employees must abide by the company’s data security plan as an essential part of their duties. It is every employee's duty to keep customer information secure and confidential.
The following represents the expected range of compensation for this role:
The estimated base salary range for this role is $236,000 - $339,200.
Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Snowflake’s bonus and equity plan.
The successful candidate’s starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location. This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes: medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending & health savings account; at least 12 paid holidays; paid time off; parental leave; employee assistance program; and other company benefits.
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
