Senior Manager - AI for Engineering Systems

US-WA-Bellevue · US-CA-Menlo Park · 5+ years experience · Full-time · Hybrid · Posted Oct 5, 2026

At a glance

Snowflake is hiring a Senior Manager for their ES AI team to reinvent the software development lifecycle (SDLC) for the company.
This role involves leading a group of engineers to transform how code is written, reviewed, and run in production to drive scale and velocity for the AI era.

Lead, coach, and grow the team while creating a high-energy, cohesive environment with strong planning, ownership, and career development.
Deliver the vision and roadmap for transforming the SDLC for all Snowflake engineers.
Drive measurable improvements in code review latency, ensure Snowflake developers can use the latest harnesses and models, and create the golden paths that agentic codebases are built upon.
Act as an agent of clarity in a space that is moving fast, making high quality decisions quickly by keeping up with the latest developments in the industry.
Own operational excellence for the area, including on-call health, incident response, postmortems, and balancing project delivery with ongoing maintenance and support work.

15+ years of software engineering experience
5+ years of experience leading a technical engineering team with a strong mix of people leadership, roadmap ownership, and hands-on technical judgment.
Demonstrated hands-on experience working with the latest AI tools, particularly in the productivity space.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to align stakeholders, secure buy-in, and bring clarity to ambiguous, cross-functional work.
A pragmatic, customer-obsessed mindset and a bias for measurable impact through reliability, performance, and ease of use.