Senior Software Engineer - Container Platform

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Were hiring talented Senior Software Engineers for our Container Platform team that are passionate about using software-based approaches to solve complex Kubernetes based multi-cloud infrastructure challenges and automate those solutions. Youll be part of the Platform Infrastructure Engineering organization where we have a strong focus on using engineering and software practices to manage and scale our platform infrastructure.
AS A SENIOR ENGINEER (KUBERNETES), AT SNOWFLAKE YOU WILL:

• Contribute to the team charter to build and operate a highly scalable and resilient K8s based compute platform.
• Design and build a K8s cluster lifecycle management system to build a highly reliable, scalable and cost efficient Kubernetes platform.
• Evangelize and drive adoption of the new platform to meet business goals.
• Introduce tools to facilitate greater automation and operability of platform services to improve and accelerate onboarding of workloads.
• Participate in on-call rotation and ensure uptime of services.

OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE:

• BS/CS, MS/CS or equivalent.
• At least 8+ years experience in a software engineering platform team in a Cloud, SaaS environment and supporting mission critical services.
• At least 3+ years in cloud computing (AWS, Azure or Google Cloud Platform).
• At least 3+ years experience in Kubernetes. Experience with Amazon EKS, Azure AKS or Google GKE highly desired.
• Strong coding skills in Golang (preferred), Python, C++ or Java.
• Experience with Cloud computing toolsets - Pulumi, Terraform, Vault etc.
• Firm grasp of IP networking, load balancing, DNS.
• Good knowledge of distributed systems, APIs, cloud computing.

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• Tremendous attention to details and ability to build reliable and scalable software systems.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills.
• Solid interpersonal skills conducive to a team environment.
• Able to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues.
• Self-driven & motivated, with a strong work ethic and a passion for problem solving.
• Experience and knowledge of Git, JIRA, and Jenkins a plus.

Every Snowflake employee is expected to follow the companys confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data. Snowflake employees must abide by the companys data security plan as an essential part of their duties. It is every employees duty to keep customer information secure an confidential.
Snowflake is growing fast, and were 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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