Senior Director of Engineering – Horizon Catalog, Collaboration & Marketplace
Core
Lead engineering for Snowflake Horizon (governance, catalog, quality) and Collaboration & Marketplace (data sharing, Native Apps, Data Clean Rooms, Marketplace) to enable secure data distribution and monetization at scale.
Role type
Senior Director of Engineering (IC + Management)
Builds
Planet-scale backend distributed systems for metadata, governance, data quality, and multi-tenant administration.
Domain
Enterprise Cloud / Data Infrastructure / Distributed Systems
Required skills
Distributed systems architecture, Cloud-native platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), Multi-tenant system design, Data governance & metadata management, Enterprise product strategy, Technical leadership & hiring, Cross-functional alignment, Executive communication.
Preferred skills
Open lakehouse catalog engines (Iceberg, Polaris, Unity Catalog), Secure data sharing & privacy controls, Data marketplace commerce systems.
Responsibilities
Lead a mission-critical engineering organization of Directors, Managers, and Principal Engineers; Architect native data quality monitoring and automated profiling; Build administrative tooling and control planes for global tenant management; Scale platforms for secure data sharing and monetization; Drive cross-functional alignment with Product, Design, and Security; Serve as executive sponsor for tier-1 enterprise customers. (via careerplan.io/jobs/35026637-d96b-47b3-a154-96e31765a7aa-senior-director-of-engineering-horizon-catalog-collaboration-marketplace-at-snowflake)
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities
