Staff/Principal AI Software Engineer - Snowflake CoWork

Job summary

Responsibilities

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.

• Technical Strategy & Architecture: Define the long-term technical vision for Snowflake Intelligence. Lead the architectural design of multi-agent systems, complex tool-use…
• Drive Industry-Leading Reliability: Move beyond simple evals to build world-class, automated "hill-climbing" infrastructure.
• Cross-Functional Influence: Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to align AI capabilities with business goals.
• Ecosystem Thinking: Design extensible "context engineering" patterns—including advanced function calling and semantic layer integration—that can be leveraged by other Snowflake…
• Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Act as a force multiplier. You will mentor Staff and Senior engineers, lead cross-functional "strike teams" on high-stakes projects, and foster…

What they're looking for

• Experience: 7+ years of software engineering experience, with 2+ years specifically leading the deployment of LLM-based applications at massive scale.
• Education: Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science, AI, or a related field.
• Expertise: Deep, "under-the-hood" understanding of LLM orchestration. You should be an expert in prompt optimization, semantic modeling, and building robust guardrails for…
• Systems Thinking: Proven track record of designing complex systems that integrate AI with traditional data stacks (SQL, Retrieval Systems, Semantic Layers).
• Communication: Exceptional ability to communicate complex technical trade-offs to both executive leadership and ICs.

Tech stack

• Snowflake
• SQL
• RAG