Engineering Manager - Platform Services

Build the future of the AI Data Cloud. Join the Snowflake team.

Place of work: Warsaw (hybrid model)

As the Manager of the Platform Services team, you will lead and expand our distributed team, aiming to provide highly available, reliable and scalable tools/services infrastructure that enables us to develop, test, debug and release enterprise-grade software at a blistering pace. Your impact will reverberate through our platform and contribute to our customers' success.

Engineering Managers at Snowflake are expected to have a technical background and will have either prior experience in the domain they are managing, or the talent to learn the area if required. Outside of Engineering-specific decision-making, the bar is high in terms of critical thinking, communication, and sound decision-making. Managers who share a belief in the importance of these non-technical traits alongside the desire to build novel, best-in-class engineering, will excel in our environment.

As an Engineering Manager at Snowflake, you will be expected to:

• Develop and execute the strategic vision for the Platform Services team, focusing on infrastructure, quality, and scalability.
• Oversee projects from ideation to deployment, ensuring timely delivery and quality.
• Work collaboratively with other engineering teams and cross-functional units to improve the platform and offer feedback.
• Be a mentor and coach, focused on advancing your team's skills and career development.
• Prioritize and allocate resources wisely, navigating through both planned projects and unplanned issues.
• Lead initiatives to share knowledge across teams through demos, meetups, and working groups.
• Advocate for best practices in infrastructure, security, and established platform engineering processes.
• Partner with other leaders in the Engineering and Product organizations on quarterly planning, staffing, and project schedules.
• Use your strong foundation as a technical leader to reliably deliver on complex projects while keeping the quality bar high
• Grow the team by recruiting and hiring new team members and growing existing ones

Qualifications:

• 6+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, preferably in distributed systems and platform engineering.
• 2+ years of proven engineering management experience.
• Proven track record of growing teams and delivering complex projects.
• Experience in designing and building advanced CI/CD pipeline frameworks with great developer experience in mind.
• Strong track record in designing and implementing secure engineering infrastructure architecture.
• Excellent problem-solving sklls and being a guru at troubleshooting.
• Strong focus on quality, performance, and security.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Familiarity with AWS, Azure, or GCP.

What You'll Get:

• A chance to work on complex problems affecting a broad range of customers.
• Lead a dynamic, talented team of engineers who are as passionate about solving problems as you are.
• Opportunities to grow both technically and as a people leader.
• A culture that values innovation, creativity, and individual contributions.

Why Join Us:

We're not just another team. We're a group of problem-solvers, thinkers, and tinkerers. We value openness, transparency, and being direct. Come build the future of data management with us!

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.

How do you want to make your impact?