Senior Software Engineer - Observe by Snowflake, Indexing and Query Execution

📋 Description Own and evolve the query execution service, including query caching, incremental execution, query Systematically analyze large volumes of user and system-generated queries to identify performance Investigate and resolve customer-reported query latency issues, including acting as a first Work on automated tuning of system parameters to reduce query execution times and costs Partner with Snowflake engineering and product teams to advocate for platform improvements Propose, scope, and deliver improvements to the query execution pipeline with attention to both 🎯 Requirements 5+ years of industry experience building distributed systems Hands-on experience working below the query interface, on the execution machinery itself (e.g. Proven ability to diagnose and resolve database performance issues at scale, including both Strong understanding of algorithms, distributed systems architecture, and backend infrastructure Ability to rapidly onboard to complex, unfamiliar systems and deliver meaningful improvements Customer-focused mindset: able to translate user-reported performance problems into technical root 🎁 Benefits Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We