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About the Role

Snap Inc. is seeking a Backend Engineer to design, implement, and operate critical and scalable services, including user identity, friend graph, and core persistence layers. The role involves cross-team collaboration to define product requirements and deliver innovative solutions, with a strong emphasis on quality, availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management. This position will leverage AI tools for high-velocity engineering while maintaining rigorous standards for code correctness, security, and production readiness.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and operate 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 work, striving for high quality.
Advocate for and apply best practices in 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.

Requirements

Experience with backend services or distributed systems.
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.
Proven track record of operating highly-available systems at significant scale.
Experience with Java, C++, and/or Python.
Experience with NoSQL solutions, Memcache/Redis, Kubernetes, or Google/AWS services.
Ability to independently execute on medium-sized features, taking a few weeks and multiple PRs to complete.
Understanding of the operational aspects of your system and potential participation in incident or hotfix investigation and resolution.
Ability to collaborate and work well with others.
Proficiency in, or strong aptitude for, leveraging AI tools to streamline development, paired with 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.

Skills

Backend services
Distributed systems
Large-scale microservices
Cloud computing
Storage systems
Infrastructure design
System design
Security
Networking
Data storage
Machine learning
Natural language processing
High-availability systems
Java
C++
Python
NoSQL solutions
Memcache
Redis
Kubernetes
Google Cloud services
AWS services
AI tools

Location

United States

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

6+ years of post-Bachelor’s software development experience
Master’s degree in a technical field + 5+ year of post-grad software development experience
PhD in a relevant technical field + 2+ years of post-grad software development experience

Education Level

Bachelor's Degree in a relevant technical field such as computer science or equivalent years of practical work experience
Master's degree in a technical field
PhD in a relevant technical field

Salary/Compensations

Zone A (CA, WA, NYC): $209,000-$313,000 annually
Zone B: $199,000-$297,000 annually
Zone C: $178,000-$266,000 annually
Eligible for equity in the form of RSUs

Benefits

Paid parental leave
Comprehensive medical coverage
Emotional and mental health support programs
Compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success

About the Company

Snap Inc. is a technology company focused on improving the way people live and communicate through its camera-centric products.
The Company operates Snapchat, a visual messaging app, and subsidiaries like Specs Inc., alongside digital services such as Bitmoji and Saturn.
Snap Engineering teams build technically sophisticated products used by hundreds of millions of Snapchatters globally.
The company values are central to its operations, emphasizing speed, precision, and privacy.
Snap Inc. is committed to the well-being of its global community.

Equal Opportunity

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).