Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Why this Role is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Control planes sit at the center of modern SaaS operations, translating product demand into reliable cloud capacity and safe change management. This Senior Software Engineer role on Snowflake’s Production Control Plane team is notable because it focuses on the platform layer that enables a large-scale, multi-service SaaS to deploy, provision, and manage infrastructure lifecycle in an automated way, rather than on a single application feature set.
For a long-term SaaS engineering career, this kind of work builds durable expertise in how cloud-native products stay available and performant as usage grows. The remit spans software engineering and infrastructure engineering, with exposure to platform adoption across partner teams, resilience patterns, and the operational realities of distributed incident response. Those skills tend to transfer well across SaaS companies that run complex systems and rely on internal platforms to ship consistently.
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.
We are hiring talented Senior Software Engineers for our Production Control Plane team.
The team is responsible for seamless, automated, and scalable cloud infrastructure deployment, provisioning, and lifecycle management. If you are passionate about building cloud platforms this opportunity may be for you.
IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL:
Build a deep understanding of Snowflake’s infrastructure and services.
Apply both infrastructure and software engineering to deliver a highly scalable, resilient, and performant platform.
Provide technical leadership on large, complex projects that span infrastructure, platforms, tools, and automation in the cloud.
Champion platform adoption to meet business goals across partner teams.
Lead and mentor more junior engineers
OUR IDEAL SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER - CLOUD ENGINEERING AT SNOWFLAKE, WILL HAVE:
BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
6+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years in cloud computing (AWS, Azure, or GCP) or platform engineering.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills; proven ability to build alignment across teams.
Ownership mindset, self-direction, and a passion for solving complex problems.
Strong software engineering fundamentals.
Proficiency in one or more languages: Go, Java, Python, or C++.
Expertise in at least one: platform building, automation, networking, site reliability, configuration management, or IaC (Terraform, Pulumi).
Strong distributed troubleshooting and incident resolution skills.
Tech lead experience is a plus.
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
