Build the future of data. Join the Snowflake team.

The Observability team at Snowflake is in charge of building an extensible, self-service Observability platform that reliably collects and serves telemetry data such as metrics, logs, traces/profiles to users within Snowflake.  When developing these solutions, we think about the problem end-to-end: how do we collect data from different stacks across Snowflake reliably, how do we store it efficiently, how do we present this information to the user, what actions do we take on the insights from the data? 

AS A PRINCIPAL ENGINEER IN OBSERVABILITY, YOU WILL:

Work with the senior engineering leaders to define the direction and strategy of the Observability platformLead the efforts to evolve the platform and the roadmap to implement itCommunicate and evangelize the observability strategy and best practices to the rest of the companyMentor and grow more junior engineers and tech leads in the team

OUR IDEAL PRINCIPAL ENGINEER WILL HAVE:

15+ years industry experience designing, building and supporting distributed systems and large-scale data processing systems in productionOutstanding leadership capabilities, with the ability to build a positive, collaborative, and technically-focused team environmentExcellent communication and interpersonal skills, ability to collaborate with internal customers and establish solid, collaborative partnerships with engineers, non-technical team members, and executivesWritten skills are key to success in working with our distributed teams

BONUS POINTS FOR EXPERIENCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:

Extensive experience in a technical leadership role with at least one of the pillars of observability: Logs, Metrics, Traces, Profiling etcExperience with cloud infrastructure - AWS, Azure or Google Cloud.Contributions to any of these are welcome: OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, OpenTracing, CNCF, etc

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 an confidential.

The following represents the expected range of compensation for this role: The estimated base salary range for this role is $235,000 - $368,000.Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Snowflake’s bonus and equity plan.

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; and other company benefits.

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.

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