Senior Engineering Manager - Control Plane & Regulatory and Sovereign Cloud
Snowflake · US-CA-Menlo Park
About this role
## About the Role Snowflake is seeking a **Senior Engineering Manager** for **Control Plane** and/or **RSC (Regulatory and Sovereign Cloud)**. - **Control Plane**: the production platform layer that creates and manages the infrastructure Snowflake runs on—turning intent into continuously managed, reliable infrastructure across cloud providers and regions. - **RSC**: extends that foundation to regulated and sovereign environments, including **US government**, **air-gapped regions**, and **sovereign deployments worldwide**. This role will own one of these areas—or both—based on your background and team needs. --- ## What You’ll Do - Set the **technical strategy and roadmap** for your team; be accountable for plans and deliverables. - Advance **AI-driven automation** and software development across deployments, operations, and compliance workflows to improve **consistency, scalability, and efficiency**. - Own key delivery for bringing up **new commercial, regulated, and sovereign deployments**. - Partner with **Product** and other engineering teams to achieve **feature parity** across environments. - Work with **Compliance, Legal, Security, and IT** on authorizations and access models for restricted environments. - **Recruit, develop, and mentor** engineering leaders and engineers, while staying technically engaged in end-to-end delivery. --- ## What You Bring - **12+ years** building and operating large-scale distributed systems, infrastructure, or cloud services. - **5–7 years** of engineering management experience. - Strong cloud experience with one or more CSPs (e.g., **AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle Cloud**), including experience with **IaC** and infrastructure automation. - Experience operating highly available **SaaS platforms**, including **release/configuration management** and **multi-region rollout**. - Experience delivering in **regulated or sovereign environments** (plus). - Proven ability to lead **cross-organizational programs** with many dependencies and tight timelines. - Strong hands-on technical ability (system design/implementation) and a working understanding of **AI-assisted software development**. - Excellent communication skills—able to explain complex technical and regulatory topics to executive audiences. - **BS/MS in Computer Science** (or related) or equivalent experience. --- ## Why Join Snowflake Engineering - Build and secure the foundational infrastructure for the **Snowflake AI Data Cloud**, serving some of the most regulated customers. - Lead and grow a team of experienced engineers and emerging talent. - Help scale a fast-growing organization while pushing innovation. --- ### Compensation & Benefits (US) For jobs located in the United States, please visit the Snowflake Careers Site for salary and benefits information: **careers.snowflake.com** http://careers.snowflake.com
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