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About the Role

Snap Engineering teams build fun and technically sophisticated products that reach hundreds of millions of Snapchatters around the world, every day. We’re looking for a Backend Engineer to join Snap Inc!

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operate critical and scalable services, including user identity, friend graph, and core persistence.
• Collaborate across teams to understand product requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver solutions for innovative products.
• Evaluate, test, and debug work to ensure high quality.
• Advocate for and apply best practices in availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management.

Requirements

• Experience with backend services or distributed systems.
• Ability to independently execute on medium-sized features requiring multiple weeks and PRs.
• Ability to understand operational aspects of systems and participate in incident/hotfix investigation and resolution.
• Ability to collaborate and work well with others.
• Proven track record of operating highly-available systems at significant scale.
• BS/BA degree in a technical field such as Computer Science or equivalent years of experience.
• Experience coding in an industry-standard language (e.g. Java, Kotlin, Swift, Python, C++).

Skills

• Backend services
• Distributed systems
• NoSQL solutions
• Memcache/Redis
• Kubernetes
• Google/AWS services
• Large-scale microservices
• Cloud computing
• Storage systems
• Infrastructure design
• Large-scale system design
• Security
• Networking
• Data storage

Location

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

Work Type

• Office 4+ days per week

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. 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.
• We move fast, with precision, and always execute with privacy at the forefront.
• 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.
• At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate.

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).