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Snowflake is at the forefront of the data and AI revolution - with a mission to help every company achieve its full potential with data & AI. The Horizon catalog serves as the central hub which enables customers to manage their complete data assets, both within and outside of Snowflake. We are building a platform that empowers organizations to seamlessly discover, access, and manage their entire data estate and integrate it with cutting-edge applications, and intelligent AI agents.
We are in the midst of rearchitecting our catalog and discovery platforms to become AI first which includes reimagining the user experience, introducing conversational search and an assistance experience. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer who is passionate about creating exceptional user experiences and driving customer value.
This is a high-impact role where you will have a direct impact on the product, be the UI tech lead with an opportunity to grow your skills in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
AS A FRONTEND SOFTWARE ENGINEER AT SNOWFLAKE, YOU WILL:- Lead and contribute to high-impact initiatives that span Catalog and discovery product areas and our tech stack, including TypeScript, React, NodeJS, and Go
- Own complex features end-to-end: from collaborating on product requirements and UX, to technical design, implementation, testing, rollout, and ongoing iteration.
- Partner closely with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to deliver cross-functional initiatives that improve Catalog discovery, lineage, and explorer experiences.
- Set and raise the bar for frontend engineering quality, including code quality, testing, accessibility, performance, observability, and maintainability.
- Design and build for scale and high performance, ensuring catalog experiences remain fast and reliable as usage and complexity grow.
- Provide technical leadership within the team, driving architectural decisions for frontend systems and influencing broader frontend best practices across the org.
- Mentor and uplevel other engineers, providing thoughtful code reviews, pairing, and design feedback to help junior engineers grow.
- Contribute to and evolve shared UI components and patterns so we can build consistently great experiences across Snowflake surfaces.
- Participate in on-call and operational excellence, helping to keep Marketplace experiences reliable and proactively improving our monitoring, alerting, and incident response.
OUR IDEAL FRONTEND SOFTWARE ENGINEER WILL HAVE:- 5+ years of industry experience designing and building scalable web applications with great user experience.
- Deep frontend experience and proficiency with TypeScript, React (including hooks), and modern frontend tooling (bundlers, testing frameworks, linting, etc.).
- Experience working across the stack with NodeJS and ideally some exposure to Go and backend APIs.
- Deep understanding of modern web application architecture, including:
- Component-driven design and state management
- Performance optimization (network, rendering, and runtime)
- Security best practices for web applications
- Reliability, observability, and scalability considerations
- Demonstrated experience owning medium-to-large projects or subsystems, including driving technical design, managing trade-offs, and delivering incremental value.
- Passion for building world-class customer-facing products and sweating the details of UX and UI polish.
- Strong written, verbal, and technical communication skills, including the ability to articulate trade-offs and drive alignment across stakeholders.
- BS/MS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Snowflake is growing fast, and we're scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.
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