How Snowflake Builds Product -- Engineering Culture, Hackathons, and the "Big Boulders" Framework

Snowflake's engineering culture blends startup-like intensity with the rigor of building enterprise-grade infrastructure. This module covers how they plan products through "big boulders," their Snowvation hackathons, the 85/15 bottom-up/top-down ideation split, and the hands-on involvement of founders Benoit Dageville and Thierry Cruanes. Candidates who understand how Snowflake builds will stand out in behavioral interviews about collaboration and ownership.