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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 collaborating across teams to understand product requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver innovative solutions while advocating for best practices in availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management.

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 for availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management.

Requirements

Experience with backend services or distributed systems.
Ability to independently execute on medium-sized features, taking several weeks and multiple PRs to complete.
Ability to 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.
Proven track record of operating highly-available systems at significant scale.

Skills

Java
C++
Python
NoSQL solutions
Memcache/Redis
Kubernetes
Google services
AWS services
Large-scale microservices
Distributed systems
Cloud computing
Storage systems
Infrastructure
Large-scale system design

Location

Zone A (CA, WA, NYC)
Zone B
Zone C

Work Type

Office 4+ days per week

Experience Level

1+ years of post-Bachelor’s software development experience
Master’s degree in a technical field

Education Level

BS/BA degree in a technical field such as Computer Science or equivalent years of experience

Salary/Compensations

Zone A (CA, WA, NYC): $118,000-$176,000 annually
Zone B: $112,000-$167,000 annually
Zone C: $100,000-$150,000 annually

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 (RSUs)

About the Company

Snap Inc. is a technology company that believes 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 Snapchatters 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.

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).