3 days ago
Base Salary
$195k - $343k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and launch Android features for Friend Stories, Spotlight, Discover, and content interactions.
- Lead complex technical projects from architecture and implementation through experimentation, launch, and ongoing optimization.
- Optimize video startup latency, prefetching, buffering, scrolling responsiveness, memory usage, and playback reliability.
- Build scalable Android systems and shared components while reducing technical debt and improving performance, quality, and reliability.
- Partner with Product, Design, Ranking/ML, Backend, and Ads teams to shape roadmaps and translate product goals into technical solutions.
- Mentor engineers, lead design reviews, establish engineering standards, and align Android, iOS, and platform teams.
- Use AI tools and high-velocity engineering workflows while auditing output for architectural integrity, performance bottlenecks, and security risks.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field or equivalent practical work experience.
- 9+ years of post-bachelor's software development experience, or 8+ years with a master's degree, or 5+ years with a PhD; a relevant PhD may also qualify without a stated experience requirement.
- At least 1 year of technical leadership or domain-expert experience.
- Experience with Android application development.
- Strong proficiency in Kotlin, Java, Android SDK, and modern Android development practices.
- Experience designing and delivering complex, scalable mobile applications with strong performance and reliability.
- Deep understanding of Android architecture, concurrency, multithreading, memory management, networking, and UI performance.
- Ability to independently lead large, ambiguous technical projects and deliver measurable results.
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Proficiency in or strong aptitude for using AI tools, with the judgment to evaluate generated code for architecture, performance, and security.
- Preferred experience with large-scale customer-facing mobile applications and leading sophisticated initiatives.
Benefits
- Default Together policy expects employees to work in an office 4+ days per week.
- Benefits include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages with long-term-success participation.
- The position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.
About Snap
Snap Inc. builds Snapchat, a visual messaging app, and supports augmented reality through Lens Studio and Spectacles, plus related services like Bitmoji. The company monetizes primarily via advertising and sponsored AR experiences for consumers, creators, and brands. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Santa Monica, it is publicly traded on the NYSE under the ticker SNAP.