Software Engineer Intern - Zurich (2026)

CH-Zurich-Observe · Internship · Posted Oct 12, 2026

At a glance

Snowflake is seeking a Software Engineer Intern for the Observe team in Zurich starting in January 2027 and onward.
The Infrastructure team at Observe by Snowflake builds, scales, and operates development and production environments powering the observability platform.
Interns will work with world-class experts on challenging projects and contribute meaningfully to a real system used by customers.

Build enterprise-grade, reliable, and trustworthy software and services
Implement and test features in metrics processing, warehouse scheduling, and query execution
Work on data management from ingestion to customer-defined batch-streaming
Contribute to the data processing control plane from language compilation to warehouse execution
Develop metrics product features and enterprise features

Must be actively enrolled in an accredited college/university program during the time of the internship
A completed BS degree, with an MS or PhD in progress
Required coursework: algorithms, data structures, and operating systems
Excellent programming skills in C++ or Golang
Knowledge of data structures and algorithms
Strong problem solving and ability to learn quickly in a dynamic environment
Fluent English language skills (oral and written)
Experience with working as a part of a team
Dedication and passion for technology
Systems programming skills including multi-threading, concurrency, etc.

Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Math, or related field as desired majors
Recommended coursework: Database systems, distributed systems, cloud computing, compilers
Research or publications in databases or distributed systems and contributions to open source
Experience working with big data (engineering / processing) and data migration