Director of Production Engineering

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Build the future of data. Join the Snowflake team.

We’re at the forefront of the data revolution, committed to building the world’s greatest data and applications platform. Our ‘get it done’ culture allows everyone at Snowflake to have an equal opportunity to innovate on new ideas, create work with a lasting impact, and excel in a culture of collaboration.

We’re looking for an exceptional Senior Engineering Leader to lead and grow the Snowflake SRE function and team. This team is responsible for Snowflake multiple cloud provider infrastructure, and support of production systems in every Snowflake region. You will be leading a team of talented software engineers to build the system that optimizes and scales the platform for existing and future applications.

AS AN ENGINEERING MANAGER AT SNOWFLAKE, YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO:

  • Set the strategic vision for your team and be accountable for team plans and deliverables
  • Develop and establish the SRE discipline across Cloud Engineering
  • Guide and lead team to build and develop software solutions for scaling infrastructure
  • Drive team projects from idea formulation, through design and implementation collaborating with partner teams
  • Be able to shift resources across areas and projects to achieve execution goals and to respond to lessons from customer and production issues
  • Provide strong technical leadership to the team with a focus on quality, performance, and security
  • Foster a culture of creativity and innovation while also promoting practical decision-making
  • Grow and build a strong, healthy, and diverse team by participating in all steps of the recruiting process from sourcing to closing
  • Be responsible for the career development of your reports, providing continuous mentorship and coaching
  • Collaborate with other engineering teams and cross functional teams in Dublin Warsaw and world-wide

OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE:

  • 15+ years of industry experience software engineering experience
  • 5+ years of engineering management experience
  • Strong hands-on experience with cloud-based platforms preferred (e.g., Snowflake, AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • 3+ years of experience with container orchestration technologies; preferably, Kubernetes
  • A product development approach to delivering modern Cloud Infrastructure at scale.
  • Proven track record of attracting, recruiting, hiring, leading and growing technical teams
  • Rock solid engineering fundamentals with experience designing  distributed systems. 
  • Experience in a SaaS,  and deep experience working at scale in large scale  production environments.
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills
  • BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related majors, or equivalent experience

AS A LEADER ON OUR TEAM, YOU WILL:

  • Lead and grow an exceptional team of industry veterans and rising stars building an industry-leading data management system that customers love
  • Take charge of your own career – this role will push you to grow, both technically as well as a leader
  • Learn at scale as you and your team deliver essential components of a highly parallel, robust and secure enterprise SaaS platform that services thousands of customers and billions of complex queries every day

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 an confidential.