Senior Software Engineer - FDB Performance

Snowflake
US - California - San Mateo
December 11, 2024
IT

Build the future of the AI Data Cloud.
Join the Snowflake team.A massive new market opportunity is being created at the intersection of Cloud and Data, and the Snowflake Data Cloud is leading the way, all powered by the database engine we are building from the ground up.Key to Snowflake's Database Engine is our large scale distributed transactional Key-Value store - called FDB - which powers all of Snowflake's products and services and is rapidly evolving to meet Snowflake's future needs.We are looking for an outstanding performance engineer to join the team and improve FDB performance, scalability, and reliability along with Snowflake's constantly growing needs for a faster and larger database.AS A PERFORMANCE ENGINEER ON THIS TEAM, YOU WILL:
Analyze FDB performance and scalability, identify bottlenecks, and recommend and develop improvements in FDB.Analyze production workloads, and develop synthetic workloads, chaos workloads and benchmarks.Develop tools to profile performance at runtime e.g.
perf, eBPF, kernel tracing, flame graphs.Explore new execution hardware and new cluster configurations that improve the overall resource efficiency of the system.Evangelize best practices in database usage and end-to-end architecture.Participate in the design and implementation of next generation systems.AN IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE:
8+ years hands-on software engineering experience.BS/MS/PhD in computer science (or equivalent)Expertise in identifying and analyzing performance bottlenecksSolid understanding of OS and systems concepts like process management, concurrency, memory management, IO patterns, file systems, block storage devices, etc.Work experience in cloud environments like AWS, Azure, GCPAbility to work effectively both autonomously and in teamsStrong technical problem solving, communication, and collaboration skillsExcitement by the challenge of hard technical problemsIntense curiosity and willingness to questionBONUS POINTS:
Familiarity with C++Good working knowledge of Linux / Unix OSesHave worked on performance analysis for databasesKnowledge of NoSQL, SQL databases and database storage enginesUnderstanding of relational database concepts and SQLExperience with continuous integration and automation frameworks e.g.
Jenkins, Kubernetes etc.Every Snowflake employee is expected to follow the company's confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data.
Snowflake employees must abide by the company's data security plan as an essential part of their duties.
It is every employee's duty to keep customer information secure and confidential.The following represents the expected range of compensation for this role:
The estimated base salary range for this role is $187,000 - $252,000.Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Snowflake's bonus and equity plan.The successful candidate's starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location.
This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes:
medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending & health savings account; at least 12 paid holidays; paid time off; parental leave; employee assistance program; and other company benefits.
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