Snowflake Looking for Senior Software Engineer in Test – Database Security at San Mateo, CA  Full Time

Our Quality Engineering team is actively seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Test to the Database Security team to join our fast-growing organization. In this role, you will provide technical leadership and strategic direction for the testing organization. You will be driving the development of end-to-end automated tests, automation frameworks, and tools to have robust automated testing pipelines for the Snowflake Data Cloud.

Reporting to the Quality Engineering Manager, you will collaborate with a world-class team of both industry veterans and rising stars to ensure that we are shipping the highest quality service possible at each weekly release. This an awesome opportunity to work with cutting edge cloud technology in a highly visible role.

Snowflake forms the data platform for the most security-sensitive customers and they rely on the data platform to secure and protect their most sensitive data assets. It is critical that our customers are able to manage access to their data, audit its usage and ensure its safety. The security infrastructure also enables customers of Snowflake to share data and protect privacy which is a key ingredient of the .

IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL GET TO:

• Partner with a project team of engineers, designers and Technical Program Managers to drive quality early and often in SDLC
• Drive quality across all disciplines, providing guidance, feedback, and suggestions to improve quality practices across engineering organization
• Contribute to technical leadership and strategic direction to continuously improve the Quality Engineering Organization
• Author and enhance test plans based on feature requirements and specifications, as well as technical discussions and deep dives with engineers
• Build, enhance and maintain automation frameworks utilized by the team to automate critical user scenarios for regression testing
• Prioritize and execute test scenarios in a Snowflake environment that’s representative of customers’ schema and workloads
• Partner with Support and Engineering to investigate, troubleshoot and identify/implement fixes for customer-facing issues

Features in this area include identity and access management, key management and encryption, secrets management, network security, and security for advanced database features like cloning, replication, data sharing and procedure execution

ON DAY ONE WE WILL EXPECT YOU TO HAVE:

• 8+ years of hands-on software and quality engineering experience
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of standard quality best practices, techniques and methodologies to drive continuous quality improvements
• Strong experience writing UI/API smoke, regression, and end-to-end tests to ensure integration points are thoroughly tested
• Knowledge and experience with different security areas like identity and access management, cryptography, network security, etc.
• Strong database understanding including SQL
• Experience with continuous integration / continuous deployment systems like Jenkins
• Strong CS fundamentals including OO concepts, data structures, and distributed systems
• Strong API test automation experience
• Fluency in Java, C++ and/or Python is preferred
• Proven experience developing comprehensive and effective Test and Performance tools, as well as frameworks.
• BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

WHY JOIN THE ENGINEERING TEAM AT SNOWFLAKE? AS A MEMBER OF OUR TEAM, YOU WILL :

• Build an industry-leading data management system that customers love.
• Measurably impact an innovative product area central to Snowflake’s success.
• Take charge of your own career- this role has the impact and ability to grow both technically, as well as from a leadership perspective.
• Ensure the quality, performance, and reliability of a super-robust and secure enterprise SaaS platform that services hundreds of customers and millions of complex queries daily.
• Learn at scale as you work on a highly scalable and reliable data processing platform that runs on hundreds and thousands of machines and executes Billions of queries.
• Ensure that we are shipping the highest quality service possible at each release.
• Join a world-class team of both industry veterans and rising stars.

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 anessential part of their duties. It is every employee’s duty to keep customer information secure andconfidential.

The following represents the expected range of compensation for this role:

• The estimated base salary range for this role is $214,000 – $327,700.
• Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Snowflake’s bonus and equity plan.

The successful candidate’s starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location. This role is also eligible for a competitive package that includes: medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending & health savings account; at least 12 paid holidays; paid time off; parental leave; employee assistance program; and other company benefits.

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?

Snowflake is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, race, religion, pregnancy, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.