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 that has a lasting impact, and excel in a culture of collaboration.

We’re looking for an exceptional and experienced Engineering Manager to manage and grow the Snowflake query processing team in Berlin, Germany. The team is responsible for building new SQL features and customer-facing functionality, developing novel query optimization and query execution techniques for industry-leading performance.

Learn more about the Berlin office here

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

• Lead a growing team of talented engineers in the design, development and support of a highly-parallel and fault-tolerant SQL database system 
• Hire great engineers and build an outstanding team
• Support engineers in their career development by providing clear feedback and developing engineering leaders
• Translate product requirements into engineering work for your team
• Collaborate with other local and global teams/leaders in the Engineering and Product Management organizations
• Use your strong foundation as a technical leader to reliably deliver on complex projects while keeping the quality bar high
• Foster a culture of creativity and innovation while also promoting practical decision-making

OUR IDEAL ENGINEERING MANAGER WILL HAVE:

• 8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
• 3+ years of engineering management experience
• Strong database fundamentals including SQL processing internals experience (query compilation, optimization and execution) 
• Proven experience in managing projects (ideally using JIRA), and authoring and reviewing project scope-, design-, and test-plan-documents
• A track record of recruiting and leading technical teams in a demanding talent market
• Extremely strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills
• Outstanding written and oral English language skills

BONUS POINTS FOR THE FOLLOWING:

• Background in large scale data processing systems, e.g., Hadoop, Spark, etc.
• Prior experience running SQL database engineering teams
• Proven experience with authoring product roadmaps.
• Experience in operating a service and conducting root cause analysis (RCA) of issues

WHY BE A SQL ENGINEERING MANAGER AT SNOWFLAKE?

As a leader in our team you will:

• Lead and grow an exceptional team of industry veterans and rising stars building an industry-leading cloud data platform  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 hundreds of millions of complex queries every day

Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.

How do you want to make your impact?