Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Capacity engineering sits at the heart of modern SaaS economics, where product usage and infrastructure cost are tightly coupled. This role is featured because it targets the operational layer that determines whether a cloud data platform can scale predictably across multiple providers while keeping performance and spend in balance. The remit spans planning, forecasting, and resource stewardship, which are foundational concerns for any SaaS business running large, variable workloads.
From a SaaS career perspective, the position builds durable expertise in how usage-based systems behave in production and how engineering decisions translate into unit economics. Leading cross-functional work with Finance, Product, and Data Science reinforces an important SaaS muscle: translating technical telemetry into business-relevant levers. Experience shaping practices with major cloud service providers is also a strong signal of platform-level influence that transfers across infrastructure-heavy SaaS environments.
The role suits an engineering leader who prefers measurable outcomes, clear ownership, and multi-stakeholder coordination over feature delivery alone. It aligns with someone comfortable mentoring managers and setting strategy while staying close to distributed systems and cloud primitives. Interest in cost, capacity, and reliability trade-offs is a strong fit signal for this track.
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.
Senior Manager of Engineering, Capacity Engineering
Where Data Does More. Join the Snowflake team.
We are seeking a Senior Manager of Engineering to lead our Capacity Engineering initiatives across multiple cloud environments. This role will spearhead the management and optimization of cloud resources, acting as the primary steward of our annual cloud infrastructure spend. The position involves leading a team that develops innovative solutions for capacity planning, forecasting, and management while working closely with Cloud Service Providers to shape industry standards.
IN THIS ROLE AT SNOWFLAKE, YOU WILL:
● Lead and drive Capacity Engineering projects from conception through implementation
● Build and maintain strategic partnerships with major cloud service providers
● Develop and execute team strategy while managing roadmaps and deliverables
● Mentor, coach, and grow a diverse engineering team
● Collaborate with Data Science, Product, Finance, and Engineering teams
● Drive technical excellence and innovation in cloud resource management.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU HAVE:
● 10+ years of experience in distributed systems and cloud capacity engineering
● 5+ years of experience leading teams and first line engineering managers in cloud infrastructure platforms
● Strong track record of delivering cloud cost optimization at enterprise scale
● Extensive development experience in major cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
● Expert knowledge of distributed systems and databases
● Exceptional collaboration and communication abilities
WHY JOIN OUR TEAM AT SNOWFLAKE?
Join a team that's revolutionizing how enterprises manage and optimize cloud resources at scale. You'll have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and shape the future of cloud infrastructure management. Our team is at the forefront of solving complex technical challenges while delivering significant business impact through innovative solutions in cloud capacity engineering.
Snowflake is growing fast, and we are 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?
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.
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
