Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This Software Engineering Manager role sits at a core SaaS lever: growth and experimentation. Rather than owning a single feature area, it focuses on building a horizontal growth platform that can be reused across multiple enterprise products and new launches. In a company shipping frequently across a broad product surface, that kind of platform work tends to influence adoption pathways, onboarding, and product-led motions without being tied to one roadmap.
For a SaaS engineering career, the durable value here is learning how growth systems are operationalised at scale. The role connects engineering execution to measurable outcomes through experimentation, data analysis, and iteration loops, while also requiring strong cross-functional alignment with product and design. Experience designing the mechanisms that let multiple teams run experiments consistently is highly transferable across SaaS organisations with multi-product portfolios.
This role is best suited to an engineering leader who enjoys ambiguity that is bounded by metrics, and who prefers building enabling infrastructure over owning a narrow service. It will fit someone comfortable balancing short-cycle testing with longer-term platform strategy, and who wants to mentor engineers while partnering closely with product stakeholders in an enterprise SaaS context.
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’re hiring a talented Software Engineering Manager to help us build a world-class Growth and Experimentation team.
As a Software Engineering Manager for Growth & Experimentation, you will lead a full-stack team focused on building a Growth platform to further accelerate the adoption of Snowflake’s Enterprise products. Over the last 12 months, Snowflake has launched a suite of new products - Cortex Code, Workspaces, Snowflake Intelligence, and Semantic View Autopilot. Existing products such as Streamlit, Notebooks, and OpenFlow have also been innovating and launching new features weekly. Growth’s team's primary focus is to build a horizontal platform to accelerate the growth of both these new products and existing products that are innovating rapidly.
You will foster a safe, highly transparent, high-performance culture that the team has come to expect. You will drive clarity on our strategy and partner with exceptional product managers, data analysts, and product designers to chart the team's quarterly and long-term roadmaps. You will ensure the team is executing to meet current customer needs while staying ahead of technological trends and future demands.
OUR IDEAL MANAGER WILL HAVE :
Hacker mindset for quickly iterating on different ideas
Data-driven execution to double down on experiments that are going well
3+ years of software engineering management experience.
7+ years of industry experience building SaaS applications and products
A track record of leading technical teams
Experience working with modern distributed build systems, IDEs, and cloud-based developer environments.
Proven experience with authoring roadmap documents, project plans, and RCAs.
Ability to work in a team environment, collaborate well, and mentor both experienced and junior engineers.
A strategic mindset and a strong sense of what to prioritize for maximum impact.
Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
BONUS POINTS FOR EXPERIENCE WITH THE FOLLOWING :
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
