Senior Engineering Manager - Postgres

What We Offer

The successful candidate’s starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location. This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes:

• medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• flexible spending & health savings account
• at least 12 paid holidays
• paid time off
• parental leave
• employee assistance program
• other company benefits

Why Join the Engineering Team at Snowflake?

Build an industry-leading Cloud Data and AI Platform.
Solve challenging technical problems related to security, parallel and distributed systems, programming, resource management, large-scale system maintenance, and more!
Work closely with our customers & partners, understand their use cases & needs, think strategically to seek the right problem to solve at the right time, and innovate with rigor.
Join a world-class team of both industry veterans and rising stars.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience building and operating large-scale systems (distributed systems, databases, or cloud services).
• 5+ years of experience building, managing, and leading high-performing engineering teams (and experience leading managers is a strong plus).
• Significant experience in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, and/or GCP) and building services with high availability and operational rigor.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to drive cross-functional alignment and influence across org boundaries.
• Strong hands-on technical ability; comfortable navigating complex codebases and diving deep into system design and implementation.
• BS/MS in Computer Science or related majors, or equivalent experience.
• Postgres depth: experience with Postgres as an end user, operator, or administrator; strong understanding of database fundamentals and tradeoffs (consistency, performance, scaling limits, cost).
• OR Love of Postgres. You have worked with Postgres as an end user or administrator. You have a solid understanding of database fundamentals.