Software Engineering Intern – Developer Platform (Warsaw, Summer 2027)

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. ABOUT SNOWFLAKE Snowflake delivers the AI Data Cloud, a global network where thousands of organizations mobilize data with near-unlimited scale, concurrency and performance. Our Warsaw engineering hub is one of Snowflake's key global R&D centers. It's home to the teams that build the developer tools and platform capabilities powering the Snowflake ecosystem. ABOUT THE TEAM The Developer Platform organization in Warsaw builds the tools and interfaces developers use every day to work with Snowflake. Our scope includes: - Snowflake CLI & Client SDKs: an open-source command-line interface for developer workloads, CI/CD automation and SQL operations. - Drivers: production-grade client libraries in Python, Java, Go, .NET and Node.js, used by thousands of customers worldwide. - Git Integration & Database Change Management (DCM): native DevOps workflows that bring version control and declarative change management to Snowflake. You'll work alongside experienced engineers and technical leaders who have shipped widely adopted open-source tools and shaped Snowflake's developer experience from the ground up. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Design, build and test features for one or more of our developer-facing products (CLI, drivers or DCM tooling) - Write clean, well-tested, production-quality code in Python, Java, Go, Rust or C++ - Contribute to open-source projects and take part in code reviews with the team - Work on real customer use cases: what you build will be used by developers at thousands of organizations - Collaborate with product managers, senior engineers and other interns in an agile environment - Present your work to the wider Warsaw engineering team at the end of your internship WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR Required - Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related technical field - Solid programming skills in at least one of: Python, Java, Go, Rust or C++ - Understanding of data structures, algorithms and software design principles - Familiarity with Git and collaborative development workflows - Strong problem-solving skills and attention to code quality - Ability to communicate effectively in English (our working language) Preferred - Open-source experience: contributions, issue triage or maintaining a public project - Experience with Rust - Familiarity with telemetry and observability (e.g., OpenTelemetry, metrics, tracing) - Familiarity with SQL and relational databases - Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP) - Understanding of DevOps practices: CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, automated testing - Experience building developer tools: CLIs, SDKs, APIs, build systems or package managers - Knowledge of API design, protocol-level networking or client-server architecture - A previous internship or substantial software engineering project work WHAT YOU'LL GAIN - Hands-on experience shipping features in a product used by customers around the world - Mentorship from senior engineers and technical leaders in a world-class engineering organization - Exposure to the full software development lifecycle, from design and implementation to testing and release - Open-source contribution experience on projects with an active community - A network inside one of the fastest-growing cloud data companies in the world LOGISTICS - Location: Warsaw, Poland (Kasprzaka 4) - Duration: 3–6 months (summer internship) - Work model: Hybrid, a mix of in-office and remote work - Start date: Summer 2027 (exact dates flexible) 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