Senior Software Engineer, CXE – Frontier Engineering

The role

This person will design, build, and ship LLM-powered features and AI agents. They will work on products from design through launch using Java and Python services hosted in Kubernetes and Snowpark Container Services.

What you will do

• Lead and drive projects that span the stack, including Java and Python services hosted in Kubernetes and Snowpark Container Services.
• Design, build and ship LLM-powered features and AI agents.
• Create evaluation frameworks and observability for AI systems.
• Use AI-assisted development tools in daily work and help raise team practices.
• Promote strong collaboration within a cross-functional team.
• Deliver features requiring close coordination with several partner teams.
• Contribute to the product vision and drive team planning.
• Find problems, instrument relevant components and implement lasting solutions.
• Mentor and coach junior team members.

Required qualifications

• B.S. or M.S degree in CS, MIS, or equivalent discipline
• 6+ years experience hands-on software engineering experience
• Deep understanding of modern application design architecture, good API design patterns, performance, and scale.
• Experience with software engineering best practices: unit testing, code reviews, and design documentation.
• Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills, especially in a cloud environment.
• Demonstrated technical leadership experience, such as being an architect or tech lead for high-impact projects.
• Great communication skills, both verbal and written.

Nice to have

• Expertise in more than one of the following: Python, Java, Scala, GoLang

About the company

Snowflake is powering the era of the agentic enterprise. The company is growing fast and scaling its team to enable and accelerate growth.