Software Engineer, Backend, Level 4

Software Engineer, Backend, Level 4

Snap Inc. is a technology company dedicated to improving the way people live and communicate. Our core products include Snapchat, Lens Studio, and Spectacles.

Snap Engineering teams build fun, technically sophisticated products for hundreds of millions of Snap chatters worldwide. We move fast, with precision, and prioritize privacy.

• Design, implement, and operate our most critical and scalable services – ranging from user identity services, friend graph, and our core persistence layer.
• Work across teams to understand product requirements, evaluate trade‑offs, and deliver solutions for innovative products.
• Evaluate, test, and debug your work for high quality.
• Advocate for and apply best practices concerning availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management.

• Experience with backend services or distributed systems.
• Proven track record of operating highly-available systems at significant scale.
• Ability to independently execute medium‑sized features over multiple PRs.
• Understanding of system operational aspects and participation in incident or hotfix investigations.
• Collaborative teamwork skills.
• Experience in at least one of the following areas:
• Large‑scale microservices and distributed systems
• Cloud computing and storage systems
• Infrastructure and large‑scale system design
• Security
• Networking and data storage
• Machine learning and natural language processing tools

• 2+ years of post‑Bachelor’s software development experience;
• Or Master’s degree in a technical field plus 1+ year of post‑grad software development experience;
• Or PhD in a relevant technical field.
• Experience working with distributed systems.

• Experience with Java, C++, and/or Python.
• Experience with No
  
  SQL solutions, Memcache/Redis, Kubernetes, or Google/AWS services.

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

We expect team members to work in an office 4+ days per week.

We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE, including disability/vets.

Paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long‑term success.

In the United States, work locations are assigned a pay zone which determines the salary range for the position. The starting pay will be based on skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. The range may be modified in the future.

Zone A (CA, WA, NYC): $157,000–$235,000 annually
Zone B: $149,000–$223,000 annually
Zone C: $133,000–$200,000 annually
This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Engineering and Information Technology

Software Development

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