Engineering Manager - Metadata - Snowflake Computing

Build the future of data. Join Us as a Software Engineering Manager for Metadata

Imagine you are leading a team of talented software engineers to shape the future of Snowflake’s Data Cloud.  

We’re looking for a talented and passionate Software Engineering Manager for the Metadata team in Berlin. You will drive innovation and guide a dynamic team to make a significant impact in core components of our services. 

Our mission is to provide low-latency and highly consistent access to Snowflake’s metadata in a secure way. We build APIs that power different types of workload from analytics warehouse and Unistore up to AI and container functions. Our services run at a large scale, supporting billions of requests per day.
Additionally, the team creates new and intuitive tools for data engineers to manage and organize resources and flows in the data cloud.

AS A SOFTWARE ENGINEERING MANAGER, YOU WILL:

• Set the strategic vision for your team and be accountable for team plans and deliverables
• Translate product requirements into engineering work for your team, reaching out to others for assistance as needed
• Drive team projects from conception, 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
• 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

OUR IDEAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING MANAGER WILL HAVE:

• Understanding of Data Infrastructure systems and architectures built on Public Cloud platforms.
• 10+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, with prior experience in building or maintaining distributed systems
• 4+ years of leadership experience, managing software development and/or automating large scale systems/processes.
• Ability to translate business strategy into action.
• Extremely strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• Comfortable working across multiple teams and interacting with customers
• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related majors, or equivalent experience

WHY BE AN ENGINEERING MANAGER IN METADATA?

This is an excellent opportunity to:

• 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 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?