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Senior Software Engineer - Cortex AI Infrastructure

Location: US-CA-Menlo Park · Category: Engineering & Development · Seniority: Senior · Posted: September 23, 2026 · Verified: Oct 5, 2026

Role Overview & Description

This role architects the backend infrastructure for Snowflake's Cortex AI products, including Snowflake Intelligence and Cortex Agents, focusing on agentic AI orchestration and RAG systems. The engineer will build and scale agent execution environments, high-throughput context retrieval, and an 'Evals Engine' for massive-scale simulations, while optimizing performance and cost through model routing and prompt caching. The position requires deep proficiency in Go or Java for systems and Python for AI orchestration, with 7+ years of experience in distributed systems.
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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