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 data warehousing power, big data platform flexibility, and cloud elasticity at a lower cost than traditional solutions. They are looking for dedicated students passionate about groundbreaking technology to help build Snowflake’s future.
Job Description:
Snowflake offers paid, full-time internships for students in the software industry. Internships include potential for full-time post-internship opportunities and exposure to a fast-paced, inclusive culture. Interns will work on challenging projects with world-class experts, making meaningful contributions to a real system used by customers.
What We Offer:
• Paid, full-time internships.
• Post-internship career opportunities.
• Fast-paced, fun, and inclusive culture.
• Work with world-class experts on challenging projects.
• Meaningful contributions to a real system.
• High level of access to supervisors with detailed direction, feedback, and evaluation.
• Treated as a team member (included in meetings/activities).
• Flexible hours, casual dress code, work-from-home accommodations, and company swag.
• (When return to office is in effect): Catered lunches, gaming consoles, recreational games, happy hours, and company outings.
What We Expect:
• Active enrollment in an accredited college/university.
• Desired class level: 3rd/4th year Undergraduate, Masters, or PhD.
• Desired majors: Computer Science, Physics, Math, or related field.
• Required Coursework: Algorithms, Data Structures, Operating Systems.
• Recommended Coursework: Database systems, Distributed systems.
• Excellent programming skills in Python or Java.
• Experience with DevOps (Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform) and Containerization (Kubernetes, Docker) is a plus.
• Knowledge of data structures and algorithms.
• Strong problem-solving and quick learning abilities.
• Teamwork experience.
• Dedication and passion for technology.
What You Will Learn/Gain:
• Building enterprise-grade, reliable, and trustworthy software/services.
• Exposure to SQL and/or other database technologies.
• Understanding of database internals, large-scale data processing, and data warehouse design.
• Delivering quality software in a large distributed system, emphasizing functional and performance automation, workloads, and testing.
• Building automation frameworks and infrastructure to improve development workflow efficiency.
• Working with cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform).
Possible Teams/Work Focus Areas:
• Database Query Engine (QA)
• Engineering Systems (ES)
• Cloud Platform & Deployment Engineering
• Snowpark Container Services (SPCS)
• Quality & Release Engineering
• Software-as-a-Service platform
• Software frameworks for functional, system, performance & production testing
• Tooling and infrastructure automation for engineering productivity
• Multi-cloud release automation
Timing:
• Fall 2025
• Eligible start dates: August 15, September 12
• Eligible end dates: November 7, December 19
• Duration: Minimum 12 weeks, recommended 16 weeks (maximum 12 months)
Compensation: The estimated pay range for this role is $42.00 – $60.00 per hour. A competitive benefits package is also offered.
