Snowflake

Senior Software Engineer, Security Foundations

US-WA-Bellevue · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 12 days ago

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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.

Design, build, and scale security-by-default capabilities that protect Snowflake products across a complex multi-cloud environment.
Develop intelligent security platforms and services that leverage AI/ML and risk scoring to identify, prioritize, and respond to security threats and policy violations.
Build real-time detection and prevention systems to defend against account compromise, AI abuse, and data exfiltration through adaptive enforcement and granular policy controls.
Create security intelligence and monitoring capabilities that detect suspicious account activity, generate actionable insights, and enable timely response.
Partner across other Security teams, Engineering, and Product to define security strategy, influence product design, and drive the adoption of secure engineering practices.
Raise the engineering bar by setting standards for system design, code quality, operational excellence, and scalable security architecture within the Security Foundations organization.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
5+ years of experience in software development working with one or more of the following languages: JavaScript, Java, Python, C, C++, Go.
Proficiency in Python, SQL, or a similar language for building detections and data pipelines.
Experience designing, testing, and maintaining software solutions focused on security.
Experience leading projects independently and setting technical direction.

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
Experience working with infrastructure from major cloud vendors (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.)
Experience with secure software development lifecycle or security primitives, including but not limited to static analysis, dynamic analysis, authentication and access management, DDoS or security scanning.
Effective interpersonal and communication skills.
Snowflake is growing fast, and we're scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth.
How do you want to make your impact?

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