Software Engineer - Agents for Code at Snowflake in Menlo Park, CA

Summary: Snowflake is a company focused on empowering enterprises to reach their full potential through innovation and collaboration. They are seeking a Software Engineer to work on the Cortex team, which is developing coding agents to enhance user workflows and modernize data stacks for large companies. The role involves building autonomous systems, optimizing AI-driven processes, and collaborating with product teams to translate challenges into automated features. Responsibilities: - Build Agentic Systems: Build sophisticated agents and tools for migrating SQL and ETL pipelines from legacy systems for customers adopting snowflake - Quality Improvements: Create "golden sets" and rubrics to measure the accuracy of AI-driven processes across various workflows. "Hillclimb" on metrics to optimize agentic systems - Scale Automated Coding: Scale automated coding agents to reduce human effort by 90% - Design & Execute Evals: Collaborate with FDE and Product: Partner with Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) and other product teams to translate real-world challenges into automated product features, ensuring a rapid feedback loop for tooling improvements Required Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field - 1-5 years of software engineering experience, with a strong interest or project experience in shipping AI/ML features or LLM-based applications - Strong programming skills in Python and experience with SQL (Snowflake, SQL Server, Oracle, or Teradata experience is a plus) - Familiarity with AI engineering and agentic workflows - Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment Required Skills: Python, SQL, AI engineering Important Skills: Software engineering Nice-to-Have Skills: Communication Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, Flexible spending & health savings account, At least 12 paid holidays, Paid time off, Parental leave, Employee assistance program, Other company benefits