Principal Software Engineer II, Horizon Catalog
SnowflakeCalifornia, United States • Bellevue, Washington, United States
Posted November 26, 2025
Full Time
About the Company
Snowflake is about empowering enterprises to achieve their full potential — and people too.
Job Description
Snowflake is seeking a Principal Software Engineer II to drive company-wide technical strategy and execute critical initiatives for the Horizon Catalog. The ideal candidate will have 15+ years of experience in designing and building large-scale distributed services, with expertise in metadata management and governance.
Requirements
- Minimum 15+ years experience designing and building large-scale distributed services
- Metadata Mastery: Deep expertise in metadata management and designing architectures to unify data from heterogeneous sources for governance
- Governance Expertise: Proven ability to architect fine-grained access control and audit systems
- Strategic Leadership: Track record of translating high-level business strategy into actionable engineering roadmaps and influencing technical direction across multiple teams
- Fluency in Java or another similar procedural object-oriented language
- BS, Masters or PhD in Computer Science