Snap Inc is looking to improve its data processing pipelines and Big Data Infrastructure to drive real-time user event ingestion and aggregation at scale, powering critical Snap verticals like Messaging, Story Posting, Media Delivery, Memories, Content Feed, Ads, ML Platform, Maps, Bitmoji, etc.
Requirements
- Background with building high availability and mission critical systems
- Experience with leading an engineering team
- Ability leading and executing large, complex technical initiatives
- Experience building large scale distributed systems
- Experience with big data processing and pipelines
- Familiarity with the driving large scale initiatives from ideation to completion
- Experience with Hadoop, Hive, Trino, BigQuery, and Spark
Responsibilities
- Manage and mentor a team of backend and full-stack developers, in a fast-paced, quick-to-market environment
- Build infrastructure for data processing at Snap with large scale distributed systems
- Set the strategy, build a roadmap, create measurable goals, and lead your team to deliver
- Collaborate with Product, Operation, Data Science and Engineering teams, and executive stakeholders
- Evaluate the technical tradeoffs of major decisions and be a strong technical mentor
- Hire, grow and retain high-performing team members
- Actively contribute to team's technical direction, participate in design discussions, and guide the team through complex technical challenges
Other
- Bachelor's Degree in a relevant technical field such as computer science or equivalent years of practical work experience
- 8+ years of post-Bachelor’s software development experience; or a Master’s degree in a technical field + 7+ year of post-grad software development experience; or a PhD in a related technical field + 3+ years of post-grad software development experience
- 1+ years of experience managing a team of engineers
- Must work in an office 4+ days per week
- Paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success
