Senior Engineering Manager - Query Language

At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done.

We’re at the forefront of the data revolution, committed to building the world’s greatest data and applications platform. Our “Get It Done” culture allows everyone at Snowflake to have an equal opportunity to innovate on new ideas, create work with a lasting impact, and excel in a culture of collaboration.

At the center of the data cloud is the Snowflake Database Engineering team. We are responsible for building the core query engine used to process the massive amounts of diverse data managed by our customers. A core part of the Database Engineering group is the Query Language team which is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining core SQL features, including advanced analytics, scripting, and the developer experience.

We are looking for an outstanding Engineering Manager to join and grow the team.

AS AN ENGINEERING MANAGER AT SNOWFLAKE, YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO:

• Lead a growing team of talented engineers in the design, development and support of a highly-parallel and fault-tolerant SQL database system

• Hire great engineers to build an outstanding team

• Support engineers in their career development by providing clear feedback and developing engineering leaders

• Translate product requirements into engineering work for your team

• Collaborate with other local and global teams/leaders in the Engineering and Product Management organizations

• Use your strong foundation as a technical leader to reliably deliver on complex projects while keeping the quality bar high

• Foster a culture of creativity and innovation while also promoting practical decision-making
  
  

OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE:

• 10+ years of experience building and operating large-scale systems (distributed systems, databases, or cloud services).

• 5+ years of experience leading teams to build database system internals (and experience leading managers is a strong plus).

• Rock solid engineering fundamentals; query processing experience are highly preferred but not required

• A track record of recruiting and leading technical teams in a demanding talent market

• Proven experience authoring roadmap documents, project plans, and RCAs

• Strong problem solving skills and excellent interpersonal communication skills
  
  

BONUS POINTS FOR EXPERIENCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:

• Background in database internals or large scale data processing systems, e.g., Hadoop, Spark, etc.

• Prior experience running SQL database engineering teams

• Proven experience with authoring product roadmap, preparing and reviewing project design and test plan documents, managing projects with JIRA
  
  

WHY BE AN ENGINEERING MANAGER FOR DATABASE ENGINEERING AT SNOWFLAKE?

This is an excellent opportunity to:

• Lead and grow an exceptional team of industry veterans and rising stars building the industry-leading data management system that customers love

• Take charge of your own career – this role will push you to grow, both technically as well as a team leader

• Learn at scale as you and your team deliver essential components of a highly distributed, robust and secure enterprise SaaS platform that services thousands of customers and more than a billion complex queries every day

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?

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