Snap Inc.
Overview
Snap Inc is a technology company that builds products such as Snapchat, Lens Studio, and Spectacles. Snap Engineering teams build fun and technically sophisticated products that reach hundreds of millions of users around the world.
Responsibilities
Design, implement, and operate our most critical and scalable services ranging from user identity, friend graph, and persistence layer.
Work across teams to understand product requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver innovative solutions.
Evaluate, appropriately test, and debug your work, striving for high quality.
Advocate for and apply best practices for availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
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 investigations.
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 NLP tools.
Minimum Qualifications
2+ years of post-Bachelor’s software development experience; or Master’s degree in a technical field + 1+ year of post-graduate software development experience; or PhD.
Experience working with distributed systems.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with Java, C++, and/or Python.
Experience with NoSQL solutions, Memcache/Redis, Kubernetes, or Google/AWS services.
EEO Statement Snap Inc. is a proud equal-opportunity employer and is committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth, 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 will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law.
Compensation 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): Base salary range $157,000–$235,000 annually.
Zone B: Base salary range $149,000–$223,000 annually.
Zone C: Base salary range $133,000–$200,000 annually.
This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.
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Responsibilities
Design, implement, and operate our most critical and scalable services ranging from user identity, friend graph, and persistence layer.
Work across teams to understand product requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver innovative solutions.
Evaluate, appropriately test, and debug your work, striving for high quality.
Advocate for and apply best practices for availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
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 investigations.
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 NLP tools.
Minimum Qualifications
2+ years of post-Bachelor’s software development experience; or Master’s degree in a technical field + 1+ year of post-graduate software development experience; or PhD.
Experience working with distributed systems.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with Java, C++, and/or Python.
Experience with NoSQL solutions, Memcache/Redis, Kubernetes, or Google/AWS services.
EEO Statement Snap Inc. is a proud equal-opportunity employer and is committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth, 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 will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law.
Compensation 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): Base salary range $157,000–$235,000 annually.
Zone B: Base salary range $149,000–$223,000 annually.
Zone C: Base salary range $133,000–$200,000 annually.
This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.
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