Senior Software Engineer (Postgres)

Snowflake · Remote — Bellevue, United States

Welcome to the Jungle Posted May 17, 2026 First seen May 19, 2026

Join Snowflake as a Senior Software Engineer specializing in Postgres. In this role, you will contribute to the development of Snowflake's new Postgres service, bringing cutting-edge capabilities to millions of users. You will work with experienced Postgres extension engineers, explore new database technologies, and design and develop Postgres extensions. You will also analyze performance and scalability bottlenecks, own the end-to-end delivery of projects, and communicate with different product groups across time zones.

About the role

- 7+ years of software engineering experience in high performance mission critical software - Experience with Postgres internals and its extension framework - Motivation to push outside of comfort zone, learn and deliver innovative solutions - Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Engineering (or equivalent learning experience) - Track record of working in high velocity engineering teams and delivering products to market - Strong CS and database fundamentals, including proficiency with data structures and algorithms, SQL, distributed systems (Fluency in C/C++ preferred)

Key missions

  • Contribuer au développement du nouveau service Postgres de Snowflake en concevant et en développant des extensions Postgres.
  • Identifier et mettre en œuvre des algorithmes novateurs d'optimisation des requêtes, de gestion des transactions et de mouvement des données.
  • Assumer la responsabilité de la livraison de bout en bout des projets, de l'identification d'une solution à la mise en œuvre, aux tests et au déploiement en production.