Join Snowflake as a Principal Identity Data Security and Trust Engineer, where you will lead the technical strategy and architecture for our Data Movement and Perimeter control systems. You will bridge the gap between high-level security policy and low-level system enforcement, ensuring robust and scalable perimeter controls. Your responsibilities will include architectural leadership, DXP strategy, policy unification, design specification, stakeholder collaboration, and mentorship. Enjoy comprehensive health insurance, retirement plans, generous time-off, and more.
About the role
- We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results - 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 - AI Forward: Effective deployment of AI models and tooling to improve team productivity and execution - Security Expertise: Deep understanding of network security protocols (TLS/SSL, HTTP/S, DNS), Zero Trust architectures, and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) technologies - Communication: Excellent ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both executive leadership and individual contributors - 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 - Cloud Infrastructure: Strong experience with cloud-native security controls in AWS, GCP, or Azure (e.g., VPC Service Controls, Private Link) - Experience: 12+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 5 years in a principal or architect role focusing on infrastructure or security - System Design: Proven track record of designing and deploying high-scale distributed systems (Java, Go, or C++)Key missions
- Lead the technical strategy and architecture for Data Movement and Perimeter control systems, ensuring robust, scalable, and integrated perimeter controls.
- Define the roadmap for Data Exfiltration Protection, evolving and enhancing ingress and egress controls, and intelligent anomaly detection for data egress.
- Collaborate with Product Management to refine the Data Exfiltration Protection product requirements and translate business goals into actionable engineering milestones.