Senior Engineering Manager - Data Lake

Snowflake · Bellevue, Washington · $264K - $396K · onsite At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You will lead and expand a talented team building on cutting-edge open-source data lake technologies. You'll drive innovation, foster collaboration within the open-source community, and ensure delivery of robust and scalable solutions for our enterprise customers. As an Engineering Manager in the Data Lake team, you must possess a strong technical foundation with distributed systems, along with prior experience leading and growing engineering teams. Responsibilities: Lead a team of talented and high-performing engineers in the design, development, and support of highly distributed and scalable data platforms. Lead and participate in technical design and roadmap discussions relating to areas like Query Processing, Metadata Management, Performance, Scalability, and Open Source Interoperability. Have direct ownership to grow a strategic and emerging part of Snowflake's business to address new and expanding market opportunities in Data Lake and Data Analytics workloads. Demonstrate strong communication skills and the ability to work seamlessly across teams and organizations. Requirements: 7+ years of industry experience designing and building distributed data systems. 3+ years of software engineering management experience. A track record of recruiting, leading, and growing high-performing technical teams. Experience building enterprise-grade software. Excellent problem-solving skills and strong CS fundamentals. Fluency in Java or C++. Ability to work in a globally distributed team and collaborate well across disciplines. Nice to Have: Experience with Apache open-source projects and open data formats. Modern data analytics technologies such as Spark, Trino, Presto. Experience working and building on Data Catalog platforms, Metadata platforms, and Data Governance platforms. Benefits: For jobs located in the United States, please visit the job posting on the Snowflake Careers Site for salary and benefits information: careers.snowflake.com