Software Engineering Intern
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Job Description
About Snowflake:
Snowflake is a global, world-class organization with offices in over a dozen countries. They developed a cloud data platform designed to be effective, affordable, and accessible to all data users. Their innovative product combines the power of data warehousing, the flexibility of big data platforms, and the elasticity of the cloud, all at a reduced cost compared to traditional solutions. Snowflake is actively seeking dedicated students passionate about groundbreaking technology to contribute to its future.
Job Description (Detailed):
This is a paid, full-time internship for students during the Fall 2025 semester (August 15th – November 7th or September 12th – December 19th, with a minimum 12-week duration and 16 weeks recommended). Interns will be treated as full team members, participating in company meetings and activities. The work environment offers flexibility, including options for working from home (when applicable), casual dress code, and various perks such as catered lunches (when in-office), access to gaming consoles, recreational games, happy hours, and company outings.
Qualifications:
• Must be actively enrolled in an accredited college/university program during the internship.
• Desired class level: 3rd/4th year undergraduates, Masters, or PhD students.
• Desired majors: Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Math, or related fields.
• Required coursework: Algorithms, data structures, object-oriented programming.
• Recommended coursework: Cloud computing, compilers, database systems, distributed systems, operating systems, cryptography & authentication, networking.
• Bonus experience: Research or publications in databases or distributed systems, contributions to open source, experience with big data engineering/processing and data migration.
• Excellent programming skills in C++ or Java (preferred knowledge of C++20 or C++17, Java 20 or Java 17).
• Strong understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Systems programming skills, including multi-threading and concurrency.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and the capacity to learn quickly in a dynamic environment.
• Teamwork experience.
• Dedication and passion for technology.
Responsibilities & Learning Opportunities:
Interns will contribute to real systems used by Snowflake’s customers. The work will involve:
• Building enterprise-grade, reliable, and trustworthy software/services.
• Exposure to SQL or other database technologies (e.g., Spark, Hadoop).
• Gaining an understanding of database internals, large-scale data processing, transaction processing, distributed systems, and data warehouse design.
• Implementing and testing features in query compilation, compiler design, and query execution.
• Working with cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud).
• Learning about cutting-edge database technology and research.
Possible Teams/Work Focus Areas:
• Various areas of the Product Platform (Billing & Monetization, Application Collaboration Frameworks, Database Security, Privacy, and Governance, etc.).
• The Data Platform (Data Pipelines & Streaming, Metadata, Storage & Data Lake, etc.).
• The Service Runtime (including Snowpark & SnowPandas, Container Services, etc.).
• High-performance large-scale data processing.
• Large-scale distributed systems.
• Software-as-a-Service platform.
• Software frameworks for stability and performance testing.
Compensation & Benefits: For US-based roles, salary and benefits information can be found on the Snowflake Careers Site: careers.snowflake.com. The estimated pay range is $42.00 – $60.00 per hour, with the starting rate determined by factors like skills, experience, and location. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; flexible spending & health savings accounts; an employee assistance program; and other company benefits.
