Snowflake

Public data + AI cloud platform (NYSE: SNOW). 8,000+ employees. $3.6B+ trailing product revenue. Sridhar Ramaswamy CEO since Feb 2024.

Services Data Cloud / AI Infrastructure / Public SaaS
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Bozeman, MT, USA HQ
8,000 employees
2012 founded

What is Snowflake?

Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW) is a public data and AI cloud platform founded in 2012 by three ex-Oracle engineers (Benoit Dageville, Thierry Cruanes, and Marcin Zukowski). The company completed the largest software IPO in history in September 2020 and now serves as the primary data platform for a large slice of the Fortune 500. Snowflake's core product is a cloud-native data warehouse that separates storage from compute, letting customers query massive datasets across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud through a single system. On top of that foundation the company has stacked Cortex AI (managed LLM inference), Snowpark (Python and data-engineering workloads), Streamlit (data apps, acquired 2022), and Neeva-derived AI search (acquired 2023). Sridhar Ramaswamy took over as CEO in February 2024, succeeding Frank Slootman who continues as Executive Chairman. Sridhar previously led Google's advertising business for 15 years before founding Neeva. FY2026 product revenue crossed $3.6B trailing with Q4 at $1.23B (+30% YoY); Q1 FY2027 growth reaccelerated to 33%, the fastest in two years. The company employs roughly 8,000 people globally, with corporate headquarters registered in Bozeman, Montana and heavy engineering presence in the Bay Area, Seattle, and Berlin.

Mission & values

Mobilize the world's data by making it easy for any organization to collaborate on and build AI applications with their most valuable enterprise data, safely and at scale.

Qualifications

Snowflake hires across engineering (data platform, distributed systems, ML and AI, security, infrastructure), product, design, sales, sales engineering, professional services, customer success, marketing, finance, legal, and people operations. The bulk of open roles fall in engineering, sales, and sales engineering as the company scales its AI product lineup. Application flow lives at careers.snowflake.com. Snowflake supports hybrid schedules across major hubs (San Mateo, Bellevue, Toronto, Dublin, Berlin, London, Sydney, Tokyo, Bengaluru) plus explicit US-remote engineering positions in select areas. Sales and sales engineering are often territory-remote. Standardized senior-level equity is a significant part of the total-compensation package given the public stock.

Leadership

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Sridhar Ramaswamy

Chief Executive Officer

CEO since February 2024. Previously led Google's advertising business (SVP of Ads and Commerce) for 15 years, then co-founded Neeva, the search startup Snowflake acquired in 2023.

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Frank Slootman

Executive Chairman

Snowflake CEO from 2019 to February 2024, taking the company public in the largest software IPO in history in September 2020. Transitioned to Executive Chairman in 2024.

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Benoit Dageville

Co-Founder & President of Products

Co-founded Snowflake in 2012. Previously architect at Oracle. Leads the product organization.

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Thierry Cruanes

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

Co-founded Snowflake in 2012. Previously architect at Oracle. Leads the technology and architecture organization.

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Marcin Zukowski

Co-Founder

Co-founded Snowflake in 2012. Previously at Actian and academic research in database systems.

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Michael Scarpelli

Chief Financial Officer

CFO since 2019, joining Snowflake from ServiceNow where he worked closely with Frank Slootman.

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Christian Kleinerman

EVP of Product

Leads product management across the data cloud and AI portfolio. Prior product leadership at Microsoft.

Hiring process

  1. 1

    Apply at careers.snowflake.com

    Browse open roles and submit your application through the Snowflake careers portal.

  2. 2

    Recruiter phone screen

    Confirms fit, target level, location, sponsorship, and role interest.

    About 7 days

  3. 3

    Hiring manager interview

    Role-specific deep-dive with the manager who owns the position.

    About 7 days

  4. 4

    Onsite loop or virtual equivalent

    For engineering: coding + system design + behavioral + role-specific rounds. For GTM: case study + values interviews.

    About 14 days

  5. 5

    Offer and level review

    Offer with base, bonus, and equity discussion. Snowflake runs a leveling committee for consistency across candidates.

    About 7 days

Funding

StagePublic
Investors
Public (NYSE: SNOW since September 2020)

Awards & recognition

  • NYSE IPO as SNOW (largest software IPO in history) · 2020

    NYSE

  • Acquired Streamlit · 2022

    Snowflake

  • Acquired Neeva · 2023

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  • Q1 FY2027 revenue +33% YoY (fastest growth in two years) · 2026

    Snowflake SEC filings

Company information

Frequently asked questions

Who founded Snowflake?
Benoit Dageville, Thierry Cruanes, and Marcin Zukowski in 2012. All three came out of Oracle's database engineering group.
Who is the current CEO?
Sridhar Ramaswamy, since February 2024. He previously led Google's advertising business for 15 years and founded Neeva. Frank Slootman remains Executive Chairman.
Is Snowflake public?
Yes, on NYSE as SNOW since September 2020. The IPO was the largest software IPO in history at the time.
Is Snowflake hiring?
Yes, across engineering (data platform, ML and AI, security, infrastructure), product, design, sales, sales engineering, and corporate functions. Job listings live at careers.snowflake.com.
What is Snowflake's remote work policy?
Hybrid is standard across the major hubs (San Mateo, Bellevue, Toronto, Dublin, Berlin, London, Sydney, Tokyo, Bengaluru). Select fully-remote engineering roles exist in specialty areas. Sales and sales engineering are often territory-remote.
How much has Snowflake grown recently?
FY2026 product revenue crossed $3.6B trailing, with Q4 up 30% year-over-year. Q1 FY2027 growth reaccelerated to 33%, the fastest in two years.

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