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Senior Software Engineer- Database Internals at Snowflake

Location: San Mateo, California, United States

Job Summary:

Job Duties and Scopes:
- Identify and implement query optimization and distributed data processing algorithms.
- Build next-generation transaction and storage systems.
- Analyze and solve performance and scalability bottlenecks.
- Design and support a fault-tolerant database system.
- Own end-to-end project delivery from design to production rollout.

Required Skills:
- Proficiency in programming languages (C++, C, or Java).
- Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
- Database fundamentals including SQL and schema design.
- Expertise in multi-threading, concurrency, and scheduling.

Required Experiences:
- 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience.
- Background in database internals or building core components for large-scale systems.
- Experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems or web services.
- BS in Computer Science; Masters or PhD preferred.

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