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Senior Software Engineer - Foundation DB

Location: US-CA-Menlo Park · Category: Engineering & Development · Seniority: Senior · Posted: September 22, 2026 · Verified: Sep 23, 2026

Role Overview & Description

This role designs and implements critical high-performance systems for FoundationDB, Snowflake's core shared-metadata database, to scale it by at least one order of magnitude. The Senior Software Engineer will build the next-generation transaction system, caching, storage engine, and multi-tenant capabilities, requiring a passion for large-scale databases and distributed systems with end-to-end project ownership.
Source & Transparency: This position was structured directly from the publicly accessible career portal of Snowflake. Details on the employer’s original job posting are authoritative. Polaris7 charges no placement fees and conducts no candidate screening.

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