Software Engineer, Creator Backend Systems

Position

We’re looking for a Staff Backend Engineer to join Snap Inc!

• 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 the solutions needed to build innovative products
• You evaluate, appropriately test, and debug your work, striving for high quality
• Advocate for and apply best practices when it comes to availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management
• Utilize AI tools and high velocity engineering workflows to design and ship scalable services while upholding rigorous standards for code correctness, security, and production ready quality code

• Experience with backend services or distributed systems
• Proven track record of operating highly-available systems at significant scale
• You can independently execute on medium sized features, taking a few weeks and multiple PRs to complete
• You understand the operational aspects of your system and may participate in incident or hotfix investigation and resolution
• Ability to collaborate and work well with others
• 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
• Proficiency in, or a strong aptitude for, leveraging AI tools to streamline development, paired with the critical judgment to audit generated output for architectural integrity, performance bottlenecks, and security risks.
• Adaptability in learning and applying evolving AI systems and tools to remain at the forefront of engineering trends and modern development practices

• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant technical field such as computer science or equivalent years of practical work experience
• 9+ years of post‑Bachelor’s software development experience; or a Master’s degree in a technical field + 8+ year of post‑grad software development experience; or a PhD in a related technical field + 5+ years of post‑grad software development experience
• 1+ years of experience with technical leadership or acting as the domain‑expert to a technical organization
• Experience leading the technical direction of engineering projects, including the architecture, design, and development of distributed systems.
• Proven track record owning the full lifecycle of a high‑scale service: design, implementation, rollout, and on‑call/operational ownership at scale (high QPS, large data volumes, or multi‑region).

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

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don’t be shy and provide us some information.

Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, 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.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law (by example, the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, where applicable).

Our benefits are built around your needs and include 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 successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job‑related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. The starting pay may be negotiable within the salary range for the position. These pay zones may be modified in the future.

• Zone A (CA, WA, NYC):
  The base salary range for this position is $229,000-$343,000 annually.
• Zone B:
  The base salary range for this position is $218,000-$326,000 annually.
• Zone C:
  The base salary range for this position is $195,000-$292,000 annually.

This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.