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Lead Software Engineer - Control Plane

Snowflake

Lead Software Engineer - Control Plane

Snowflake

PL-Warsaw

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On-site

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Full-time

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1mo ago

Benefits & Perks

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance

Generous paid time off and holidays

Team events and activities

Professional development budget

Competitive salary and equity package

Healthcare

Learning

Equity

Required Skills

Node.js

JavaScript

React

Snowflake is about empowering enterprises to achieve their full potential — and people too. With a culture that’s all in on impact, innovation, and collaboration, Snowflake is the sweet spot for building big, moving fast, and taking technology — and careers — to the next level.

We are hiring talented Lead Software Engineers for our Production Control Plane team.

The team is responsible for seamless, automated, and scalable cloud infrastructure deployment, provisioning, and lifecycle management. If you are passionate about building cloud platforms this opportunity may be for you.

IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL:

  • Build a deep understanding of Snowflake’s infrastructure and services.

  • Apply both infrastructure and software engineering to deliver a highly scalable, resilient, and performant platform.

  • Provide technical leadership on large, complex projects that span infrastructure, platforms, tools, and automation in the cloud.

  • Champion platform adoption to meet business goals across partner teams.

  • Lead and mentor more junior engineers

OUR IDEAL LEAD SOFTWARE ENGINEER - CLOUD ENGINEERING AT SNOWFLAKE, WILL HAVE:

  • BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years in cloud computing (AWS, Azure, or GCP) or platform engineering.

  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills; proven ability to build alignment across teams.

  • Ownership mindset, self-direction, and a passion for solving complex problems.

  • Strong software engineering fundamentals.

  • Proficiency in one or more languages: Go, Java, Python, or C++.

  • Expertise in at least one: platform building, automation, networking, site reliability, configuration management, or IaC (Terraform, Pulumi).

  • Strong distributed troubleshooting and incident resolution skills.

  • Tech lead experience

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?

For jobs located in the United States, please visit the job posting on the Snowflake Careers Site for salary and benefits information: careers.snowflake.com

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About Snowflake

Snowflake

Snowflake

Public

snowflake provides web applications and web hosting services.

1-50

Employees

Zürich

Headquarters

Reviews

3.6

1 reviews

Work Life Balance

3.0

Compensation

3.5

Culture

2.5

Career

3.0

Management

2.0

35%

Recommend to a Friend

Pros

Positive performance reviews and raises

Opportunities to learn new technical skills

Career advancement with promotion

Cons

Role demotion after acquisition

Poor communication regarding promotions

Administrative inefficiencies with title updates

Salary Ranges

3,987 data points

Junior/L3

L3

L4

L5

L6

Mid/L4

Senior/L5

Staff/L6

Junior/L3 · Data Scientist

277 reports

$252,858

total / year

Base

$171,306

Stock

$57,741

Bonus

$23,811

$190,229

$354,557

Interview Experience

8 interviews

Difficulty

3.0

/ 5

Duration

14-28 weeks

Experience

Positive 0%

Neutral 88%

Negative 12%

Interview Process

1

Application Review

2

Resume Screening

3

Initial Phone Screen

4

Technical Phone Screen

5

Technical Coding Round

6

Offer Discussion

Common Questions

Coding/Algorithm

Technical Knowledge

System Design

Behavioral/STAR