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Staff Software Engineer - Snowflake Feature Store
Snowflake INC · 🇺🇸 US-WA-Bellevue
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 428 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 110 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Snowflake INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles148 certified filings for “Software Engineer” (Software Developers) in CA: $160k–$214k, median $188k. Most were filed at wage level II (41%) — 2 lottery entries, ≈31% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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The US Department of Labor certified 428 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 110 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done. Join our ML Feature Store team where we're building cutting-edge product capabilities that power complex feature transformations and low latency feature serving. We're revolutionizing machine learning feature management and serving capabilities as part of the Snowflake ML suite of products. In the era of GenAI and agents, our team delivers high-quality, fresh feature solutions that make a real difference for our customers. IN THIS ROLE AT SNOWFLAKE, YOU WILL: - Help define and own the roadmap for Snowflake Feature Store, working collaboratively with senior architects and ML team leadership - Build and execute a vision for incorporating new advances in machine learning - Ensure operational excellence of services and meet reliability, availability, and performance commitments - Collaborate across ML partner teams to improve development velocity and capabilities - Support team members in delivering high technical quality WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU HAVE: - 10+ years of experience in designing and building data serving infrastructure and/or machine learning platforms. - Preferred: Strong operational experience managing PostgreSQL in production environments. - Strong track record working with machine learning systems and platforms. - Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals. - B.Sc http://B.Sc. in Computer Science - Fluency in Java and Python - Experience with feature engineering platforms and ML platforms Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake. How do you want to make your impact? For jobs located in the United States, please visit the job posting on the Snowflake Careers Site for salary and benefits information: careers.snowflake.com http://careers.snowflake.com