Snap Inc is looking to solve the problem of building fun and technically sophisticated products that reach hundreds of millions of Snapchatters around the world, every day, by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.
Requirements
- Experience with backend services or distributed systems
- Proven track record of operating highly-available systems at significant scale
- 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 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
- 2+ years of post-Bachelor's software development experience; or Master's degree in a technical field + 1+ year of post-grad software development experience; or PhD in a relevant technical field
- Ability to collaborate and work well with others
- Default Together Policy at Snap: 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
