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Snap Inc. is looking for a Backend Engineer to design, implement, and operate critical and scalable services for their Snapchat, Lens Studio, and Spectacles products, aiming to improve how people live and communicate through camera technology.

Requirements

• Experience with backend services or distributed systems
• Proven track record of operating highly-available systems at significant scale
• You understand the operational aspects of your system and may participate in incident or hotfix investigation and resolution
• Experience in at least one of the following areas: Large-scale microservices and distributed systems, Cloud computing and storage systems, Infrastructure and large-scale system design, Security, Networking and data storage, Machine learning and natural language processing tools
• Experience working with distributed systems
• Experience with Java, C++, and/or Python
• Experience with NoSQL solutions, Memcache/Redis, Kubernetes, or Google/AWS services

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operate our most 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 the solutions needed to build innovative products
• You evaluate, appropriately test, and debug your work, striving for high quality
• Advocate for and apply best practices when it comes to availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management

Other

• You can independently execute on medium sized features, taking a few weeks and multiple PRs to complete
• Ability to collaborate and work well with others
• work in an office 4+ days per week
• Snap is proud to be 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