Snowflake

Snowflake

Senior Software Engineer - NatSec

McLean, Virginia · Senior

No sponsorship$200k-$288kDetected 7 days ago
TypeScriptPythonJavaGoC++Distributed SystemsData StructuresAlgorithmsSnowflakeAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsKubernetesTerraformCI/CDCybersecurityProblem Solving

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odds of building a lasting career here

64Sponsors, lottery-bound
Cap-exempt (no lottery)0
Sponsors this role100
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds (Level IV)94
Fits your clock70

Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.

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H-1B wage level

the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry

Level IV · 4×
Level I$102,0861 entry
Level II$127,4622 entries
Level III$152,8383 entries
Level IV$178,2144 entries

This range already reaches Level IV — the maximum four lottery entries.

DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.

Employer immigration record

from this employer's Department of Labor filings

Green-card filing pattern in this occupation

Context, not a finding about this posting: of this employer's 52 green-card filings in this occupation, 100% were for a worker who already held the job.

Green-card follow-through: 74%

Of 57 labor certifications old enough to have been used, 15 expired without the employer filing the next step. Median time from filing to decision: 502 days.100% of their filings were for a worker who already held the job.Only certifications past the 180-day window are counted — recent ones cannot have expired yet.

Files H-1B transfers

123 transfer filings in the last year, covering 968 workers. Median labor-condition decision: 7 days. An employer that already files transfers is one that can take over an existing H-1B.

Sourced from Department of Labor LCA, PERM and prevailing-wage disclosure data. Employer matching is by name, so figures may be split across an employer's legal entities. Absence of a filing means none appears in our copy of the data, not that none exists.

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About the role

  • To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work.
  • You don't just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact.
  • At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done.

Requirements

  • Required: Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
  • Condition: Must be willing and able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with Polygraph.
  • Verification: Proof of clearance is required prior to an offer of employment.
  • U.S. Citizenship: Required due to federal law and government contract restrictions
  • To comply with pay transparency requirements and other statutes, you can notify us if you believe that a job posting is not compliant by completing this form.
  • In-depth experience with storage systems, cloud infrastructure and IaC tools such as Terraform or Pulumi etc.

Compensation

  • The estimated base salary range for this role is $200,000 - $287,500.

Benefits

  • Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Snowflake's bonus and equity plan.

Company info

  • At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise.
  • Snowflake employees must abide by the company's data security plan as an essential part of their duties.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Security Clearance

This listing is sourced directly from Snowflake's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.