Staff Software Engineer - AI Native Authoring

US-WA-Bellevue · 10+ years experience · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026

At a glance

Snowflake is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Snowsight team, acting as a senior technical leader to reimagine and extend data professional experiences. This role operates as a startup within the company, focusing on rapid iteration, continuous experimentation, and leveraging agentic AI to build scalable, high-impact products.

Act as a technical leader and deep domain expert across the stack, owning an area of the product end-to-end.
Lead large, cross-team projects from architecture through delivery.
Leverage agentic AI to accelerate development across the tech stack, including Go, React, and Java.
Partner with design and product management to build solutions that balance functionality, cost, and user needs.
Anticipate customer needs and identify systemic issues affecting reliability and customer experience.
Mentor engineers and raise the bar through code and design reviews.
Contribute to product vision and drive multi-quarter team planning.
Build fast products that scale to meet business demands.

10+ years of hands-on software development experience.
Significant full stack software development experience leveraging responsive design.
Demonstrated track record of leading large or complex projects spanning multiple teams.
Deep understanding of modern web application architecture, API design patterns, security, performance, and scale.
Expertise in at least one significant area of a complex product with broad technical range.
Strong technical leadership skills, including comfort with ambiguity and driving consensus.
Proven track record of mentoring senior and junior engineers.
Strong written, verbal, and technical communication skills.