Jarek Kowalski

Jarek Kowalski is a seasoned software engineering professional currently serving as a Principal Engineer at Snowflake since January 2022. Previously, Jarek held the position of Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google from April 2012 to January 2022, where key contributions included leading technical teams for Google Cloud Game Servers and overseeing the Google Compute Engine's compute, storage, and frontend API. Prior experience includes a role as Senior Software Development Engineer at Microsoft Corporation, focusing on Windows Phone Services, as well as a Software Engineer at ATM S.A., where responsibilities included architecture and design. Jarek began a career in software development at Metropolis Software, contributing to notable PC games. Jarek earned a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Warsaw between 1995 and 2005.