Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Snowflake sits in the enterprise SaaS layer where analytics and compute are delivered as a product, and this role is anchored in the user interface that makes those capabilities usable at scale. The remit spans analytics workflows, application management, and compute experiences, which are core surfaces for a data platform. The mention of rethinking UX in the AI era also signals a product area where established interaction patterns are being revisited rather than simply extended.
From a SaaS career perspective, the position offers leverage across multiple product disciplines that matter in mature platforms: front-end architecture, design systems, accessibility, and performance, alongside close partnership with Product, UX, and backend engineering. Leading delivery for complex enterprise features builds experience that transfers across SaaS companies where reliability and usability directly influence adoption and retention, especially in technically sophisticated domains.
This role tends to suit a senior engineer who wants to operate as a technical leader, not just an individual contributor, and who enjoys unblocking others through planning, review standards, and mentorship. It also fits someone motivated by translating ambiguous product goals into shippable interfaces, and who is comfortable balancing classic UX with emerging AI-assisted interaction models.
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.
Join the Analytics & Compute UI Engineering team, building great interfaces to run Analysis, manage complex Applications requiring containerized or WH compute on Snowflake. We are also re-thinking our UX in the AI era, with an agentic & copilot angle.
As Team Lead (TL) for Analytics & Compute UI Engineering, you will drive the vision, execution, and technical leadership of a dynamic group of engineers focused on seamless, performant, and scalable front-end solutions. You’ll partner with cross-functional peers—Product, UX, Backend Engineering—and directly shape product direction.
AS A SENIOR FRONTEND ENGINEER, YOU WILL:
Lead and mentor a high-performing front-end engineering team building UIs across analytics and compute domains
Collaborate with Product Managers, UX Designers, and Backend teams to craft product requirements and technical strategy for both classic and AI-first user experiences
Champion best practices in development, testing, code review, and documentation, while embedding principles of AI driven efficiency.
Deliver complex, innovative product features—unblocking the team and consistently balancing speed, reliability, quality.
Ensure solutions are accessible, reliable, performant, and scalable for enterprise customers
Foster an inclusive, high-impact, and collaborative team culture oriented around learning and growth—especially in emerging AI capabilities
OUR IDEAL SENIOR FRONTEND ENGINEER WILL HAVE:
Significant experience leading teams that ship robust front-end or web applications at scale, especially for enterprise or SaaS products
Demonstrated technical depth with modern JavaScript frameworks (React, TypeScript, Webpack, CSS-in-JS, etc.) and large-scale component systems
A strong track record of technical planning, project leadership, and mentoring engineers
(Bonus) Experience building or integrating AI-powered UI features, such as agentic workflows, Copilot/assistant experiences, or embedded ML
Passion for user experience, accessibility, and driving adoption of innovative interface paradigms
Ability to translate complex product goals into actionable engineering and UX requirements
Skilled communicator, able to coordinate across technical and non-technical audiences
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
