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Principal Software Engineer - Billing & Payment Platform

AT Snowflake
Snowflake

Principal Software Engineer - Billing & Payment Platform

San Mateo, CA

Build the future of data. Join the Snowflake team.

We are at the forefront of the data revolution, committed to building the world's greatest data and applications platform. Our 'get it done' culture allows everyone at Snowflake to have an equal opportunity to innovate on new ideas, create work with a lasting impact, and excel in a culture of collaboration.

Snowflake brings unprecedented flexibility and scalability to data warehousing. The costs associated with using Snowflake are based on customers' usage of resources. The Billing & Payments Platform team builds Snowflake's central data repository and infrastructure on customer resource consumption, revenue processing, invoicing and reporting. It powers Snowflake's businesses and engineering teams, and in the process provides reference architectures for customers.

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We are looking for an experienced Principal Software Engineer to build our new Payment Platform. To be successful in the role, the candidate needs to have significant experience in software engineering and domain expertise in databases and/or payment systems.
AS A PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER, YOU WILL:
  • Drive highly impactful initiatives from idea formulation, to design, and to implementation.
  • Innovate and build a reliable and scalable Payment Platform leveraging Snowflake technologies.
  • Collaborate with product managers, architects, other engineering team members and finance/revenue teams to build new features and products for business needs.
  • Identify the improvements in our systems, data models, functional gaps, and design and build the solutions.
  • Provide a technical roadmap for the team.
  • Provide technical guidance to other engineers.
OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE:
  • 15+ years of software development experience
  • Extensive and strong development experience in Java and SQL.
  • Technical leadership, strong communication and collaboration skills.
  • Experience in databases and payment systems is a plus.
  • BS/MS/PHD in Computer Science or related majors, or equivalent experience.

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 and 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.

How do you want to make your impact?

Client-provided location(s): San Mateo, CA, USA
Job ID: Snowflake-5843680002
Employment Type: Full Time