Staff Software Engineer – Postgres Control Plane

Job Description

Company: Snowflake
Location: Bellevue, WA
Workplace Type: Remote
Employment Type: Full-time
Pay / Compensation: $236,000 – $339,250

About the Role

Snowflake is building a world-class OLTP service on PostgreSQL, offering a large-scale, multi-cloud Postgres platform to its global customer base. In this role, you will help design and implement the orchestration and control-plane layer, engineer high availability and disaster recovery architectures, and tune Postgres to operate reliably across massive datasets.

What You’ll Do / Key Responsibilities

• Develop the control plane and orchestration layer for large-scale distributed PostgreSQL databases.
• Integrate with AWS, Azure, and GCP cloud infrastructure APIs.
• Architect and implement robust High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions.
• Tune PostgreSQL engine parameters and configurations to operate reliably under massive enterprise workloads.
• Implement security controls to ensure customer data is strictly protected.
• Collaborate across software and platform engineering teams to invent solutions from distributed systems down to low-level database optimizations.

Requirements & Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems in production.
• Proven experience running, tuning, and maintaining large-scale PostgreSQL database servers.
• Deep knowledge of PostgreSQL internals, including WAL, replication mechanisms, server configurations, and extensions.
• Strong software development experience with Java, Python, Ruby, or Go.
• Solid understanding of low-level operating systems concepts including memory management, storage, networking, and multi-threading.
• Familiarity with cloud networking fundamentals, including VPCs, PrivateLink, and network peering.

Preferred / Bonus Qualifications

• Advanced degree (Bachelors, Masters, or PhD) in Computer Science or a related technical discipline.
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing large-scale cloud database platforms on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Familiarity with FedRAMP and DoD security compliance frameworks.

Benefits & Perks

• Estimated base salary range of $236,000 to $339,250 per year, plus discretionary bonus and equity awards.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance options.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company options.
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
• Generous paid time off, parental leave, and at least 12 paid company holidays.
• Employee Assistance Program and wellness benefits.

Snowflake is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive environment.