Senior Software Engineer - Identity & Access Management
At its midpoint, $244k/yr, this role pays more than the $225k/yr midpoint for Identity & Access Management openings today (usual band $192k–$306k/yr).
The full posting
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.
The Identity & Access management (IAM) team’s charter is to enable our customers to confidently bring their most sensitive data and workloads to Snowflake. We provides the authentication and authorization capabilities for customers to secure their Snowflake accounts. We are heavily focused on critical AI adoption and security capabilities like Snowflake Intelligence access control, MCP server and clients, Agent identity, Admin guardrails for agents etc. Our feature set includes capabilities like user management, secret-less authentication for both human and service users, SSO integration with numerous IdPs, MFA, OAuth and OIDC support for 3P applications, and RBAC for granular access control. Our systems are critical to customer trust and maintaining Snowflake’s security, reliability and performance. The team culture is very collaborative with ample opportunities for growth and mentorship from Principal engineers.
AS A SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER - IDENTITY & ACCESS MANAGEMENT, YOU WILL
- Design and implement critical AI security capabilities for controlled, audited, restricted agent workflows, both inbound and outbound.
- Design and implement features that provide critical identity and access management capabilities, including integration with the next generation identity providers and authentication protocols.
- Build authorization frameworks to provide fine grained access control, which can scale to seamlessly managing millions of objects and users.
- Design and develop solutions for seamless and secure data sharing, access to applications running in snowflake, and access via external applications
- Lead and deliver large projects, including managing low-level project planning and execution
- Showcase and hold a high bar for quality, speed, and sound technical decisions
- Actively guide the team and partners via high-quality code and design reviews
AS A SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER - IDENTITY & ACCESS MANAGEMENT, YOU HAVE
- 7+ years of industry experience designing, building, and supporting large-scale distributed systems in production, with recent experience in building large scale cloud services.
- Deep knowledge and experience with one or more areas of identity and access management such as authentication, authorization, etc. Knowledge of industry standard security concepts and protocols like SAML, SCIM, OAuth, OIDC, Federation and RBAC is a plus.
- Experience with database systems and database internals, such as query engines and optimizers are a big plus.
- Extremely strong fundamental computer science skills.
- Strong development skills in Java, C# or C++ preferred.
- Advanced degree in Computer Science or related field.
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
Text as Snowflake published it; last compared with the original on 11 Nov 2026.
The application
Your details and CV, then 9 questions.
- 1.Will you require company sponsorship now or in the future to maintain or extend your current work authorization status?Yes or no
- 2.In office attendance is an essential function for this role and necessary to enable effective teamwork and collaboration. Do you currently reside within commuting distance or are you open to relocation to the local Snowflake office(s) desigYes or no
- 3.Where have you most recently worked?Short answer
- 4.Have you worked at Snowflake in the past in a Full-time, Part-time, contractor or Intern capacity?Yes or no
- 5.For Snowflake to anticipate possible immigration timelines and obligations, could you confirm you are currently authorized to work in the country to which you are applying?Yes or no
- 6.A “U.S. person” is a citizen, legal permanent resident, or legal temporary resident (i.e., a refugee or asylee) of the United States. Which of the following best describes your “U.S. person” status?Pick one
- 7.Due to SEC auditor independence requirements, please let us know whether you have previously worked at, or if currently working at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), who is our independent auditor.Yes or no
- 8.Have you ever been directly employed by (1) any government or military entity, state-owned enterprise, or publicly-funded institution, or (2) a government contractor in a role that recommended Snowflake as part of Government procurement?Yes or no
- 9.In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.Pick any: I Acknowledge
Taken from Snowflake's application form as it stood on 11 Nov 2026.
The employer: Snowflake
Runs a cloud data warehouse and AI data platform; its security engineers build product security, IAM, data security and the Frontier Security team.
Pay and benefits: Full-time staff are paid salary plus Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW) stock.
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