The Software Campus is pleased to welcome Snowflake as a new industry partner. The program’s partner network has grown to include 20 universities, research institutions and companies with the addition of this cloud-based data and AI platform provider.
Snowflake’s involvement coincides with the start of the new application phase for the Software Campus, running from 2 February to 15 March 2026. Applications are open to computer science doctoral students who wish to combine technical expertise with leadership skills, preparing specifically for management roles in business or science.
Snowflake brings international data and cloud expertise to the table
With Snowflake, Software Campus gains an internationally positioned technology partner. The company operates the AI Data Cloud platform, combining AI, data warehousing, data lakes, data engineering, data science and application development within a single, integrated solution. Snowflake’s cloud-agnostic platform enables companies worldwide to securely mobilise and share data, and to run data-intensive applications with virtually unlimited scalability on major hyperscalers, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.
“We’re excited to be collaborating with Software Campus,” said Berni Schiefer, Director of Engineering and Snowflake Berlin Site Lead at Snowflake. “In 2018, we launched our Berlin engineering centre with a Software Campus graduate as one of our founding engineers. Since then, we have been committed to building stronger relationships with local universities through Software Campus to support the next generation of technical leaders and help enterprises harness AI to innovate faster and unlock greater value from their data. As the platform for the AI era, Snowflake is looking forward to engaging with the groundbreaking research that emerges from Software Campus’ projects.”
Program Lead Stefan Jazdzejewski says: „The partnership with Snowflake is a perfect fit for our Software Campus talent program: strong industry and research partners who work together with our participants on future topics in data, cloud and AI. We are delighted that Snowflake, an innovative and dynamic tech player, is strengthening our partner network.“
Welcome to the Software Campus, Snowflake!
