Principal Research Scientist
| Company | Snowflake |
|---|---|
| Location | Menlo Park, CA, USA, Bellevue, WA, USA |
| Salary | $243000 – $379500 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | PhD |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- PhD or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Automated Reasoning or a related technical field.
- 8+ years of experience applying theoretical computer science concepts to large scale software development, including large-scale cloud data platforms and distributed systems.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with a focus on delivering impactful results.
- Prior experience driving company initiatives and growth of the business in collaboration with engineering leaders and product managers.
- Demonstrated track record of contributing to the advancement of chosen technical fields through publications, contributions to open source projects and patent applications for innovations.
Responsibilities
- Initiate the design, development and execution of technology research projects
- Investigate the feasibility of applying scientific principles and concepts to potential inventions and products.
- Plan and execute applied research, concretely improving business metrics including overall quality, velocity and other operational performance metrics at scale.
- Actively partner with business leaders to identify opportunities, prototype and rapidly apply research ideas to solve concrete business problems
- Identify opportunities to train engineering teams on new methods of solving complex engineering problems and scale them across the organization
- Advise engineering leaders on pragmatic applications of research ideas to solve complex business, technical and customer problems
- Engage with key customers to understand emerging customer needs and identify opportunities to accelerate delivery of these features through applied research
- Contribute to strategic product and engineering roadmap
- Maintain substantial knowledge of state-of-the-art principles and theories, and may contribute to scientific literature and conferences. Participate in development of patent applications. May coordinate interdepartmental activities and research efforts.
Preferred Qualifications
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No preferred qualifications provided.