Principal Software Engineer, Business

Position: Principal Software Engineer, Business Experience
Location: New York

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.

The Company operates Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world, and Specs Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary dedicated to making computing more human, in addition to Bitmoji, Saturn, and other digital services.

Snap Engineering teams build fun and technically sophisticated products that reach hundreds of millions of Snap chatters around the world, every day. We’re deeply committed to the well-being of everyone in our global community, which is why our values are at the root of everything we do. We move fast, with precision, and always execute with privacy at the forefront.

We’re looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join the Business Experience team t you’ll do:

Design and implement systems that support the advertiser experiences and creator ads platform d the vision and strategy for our next-generation infrastructure, focusing on scalability, performance, and driving advertiser value.

Innovate and conceptualize new advertiser flows and creator marketplace products, leveraging market trends, user behavior, and advertiser needs.

Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product management, design, data science, and other engineering teams, to deliver cohesive and impactful solutions.

Advocate for and apply a high bar when it comes to availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management

Mentor and guide other engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning within the team.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Deep expertise in building and scaling advertiser or creator platforms or similar systems.

Excellent programming and software design skills, including debugging, performance analysis, and test design

Proven track record of operating highly-available systems at scale

Ability to proactively learn new concepts and technology and apply them at work Skilled at solving ambiguous problems

Strong collaboration and mentorship skills

Ads domain experience

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelors in technical field such as computer science, mathematics, statistics or equivalent years of experience
10+ years of post-Bachelor’s software development experience; or a Master’s degree in a technical field + 9+ year of post-grad software development experience; or a PhD in a related technical field + 6+ years of post-grad software development experience2+ years of experience with technical leadership or acting as the domain-expert to a technical organization

Experience in technical leadership/ownership and setting technical direction for engineering projects

Experience architecting, designing, and developing distributed systems

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with cross-platform development

Ability to promote product excellence and collaboration, driving a portfolio of concurrent engineering projects, from short-term critical feature launches to long-term research initiatives

Ability to create a compelling vision for the future, communicate clearly, and have a collaborative leadership approach"Default Together" Policy at Snap:
At Snap Inc. we believe that being together in person helps us build our culture faster, reinforce our values, and serve our community, customers and partners better through dynamic collaboration. To reflect this, we practice a “default together” approach and expect our team members to work in an office 4+ days per week. At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working…