4 days ago
Base Salary
$235k - $414k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and implement systems supporting advertiser experiences and the creator ads platform.
- Lead the vision and strategy for next-generation infrastructure focused on scalability, performance, availability, and advertiser value.
- Conceptualize advertiser flows and creator marketplace products using market trends, user behavior, and advertiser needs.
- Architect, design, and develop distributed systems operating at high availability and scale.
- Collaborate with product management, design, data science, and other engineering teams.
- Drive technical ownership and direction across engineering projects.
- Mentor and guide engineers while promoting technical excellence and continuous learning.
- Advocate for operational excellence, performance, availability, and cost management.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, mathematics, statistics, or another technical field, or equivalent years of experience; alternatively, a relevant master’s or PhD with the stated reduced experience requirements.
- 10+ years of post-bachelor’s software development experience, or 9+ years with a master’s degree, or 6+ years with a PhD.
- 2+ years of technical leadership experience or experience acting as a domain expert for a technical organization.
- Experience setting technical direction and owning engineering projects.
- Experience architecting, designing, and developing distributed systems.
- Deep expertise building and scaling advertiser, creator, or similar platforms.
- Strong programming, software design, debugging, performance analysis, and test-design skills.
- Proven experience operating highly available systems at scale.
- Ads domain experience.
- Strong problem-solving, collaboration, communication, and mentorship skills.
- Preferred experience with cross-platform development and managing concurrent engineering projects.
Benefits
- Paid parental leave.
- Comprehensive medical coverage.
- Emotional and mental health support programs.
- Equity participation through RSUs and compensation packages tied to Snap’s long-term success.
- Default-together work arrangement requiring employees to work in an office four or more days per week.
- Base salary ranges vary by U.S. pay zone: $235,000-$352,000 in Zone C, $262,000-$393,000 in Zone B, and $276,000-$414,000 in Zone A.
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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.