snowflake computing was started in 2012 with an ambitious goal: to reinvent the data warehouse. we saw the need to create a completely new data warehouse that could bring together all users, all data and all workloads in a single cloud service. to achieve that, we have assembled a team of experts in data processing who hold over 120 patents in the fields of database architecture, data warehouses, query optimization and parallelization. we are backed by leading venture capital investors including redpoint ventures, sutter hill ventures and wing ventures. we are headquartered in silicon valley and are growing our team in the san francisco bay area. we're a highly collaborative group always on the lookout for great talent. some examples of the expertise that we’re looking for include: distributed systems engineering database engineering user interface user experience quality assurance technical support technical writing this is not an exhaustive list, and we're always intere