We9re looking for a Backend Engineer to join Snap Inc!

What you9ll do:

• 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

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Experience with backend services or distributed systems
• Ability to independently execute on medium sized features, taking a few weeks and multiple PRs to complete
• Ability to understand the operational aspects of your system and may participate in incident or hotfix investigation and resolution
• Ability to collaborate and work well with others
• Proven track record of operating highly-available systems at significant scale

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS/BA degree in a technical field such as Computer Science or equivalent years of experience
• 1+ years of post-Bachelor9s software development experience; or Master9s degree in a technical field

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Java, C++, and/or Python
• Experience with NoSQL solutions, Memcache/Redis, Kubernetes, or Google/AWS services
• 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

Our Benefits: Snap Inc. is its own community, so we9ve got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap9s long-term success!

Compensation

In the United States, work locations are assigned a pay zone which determines the salary range for the position. The successful candidate9s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. The starting pay may be negotiable within the salary range for the position.These pay zones may be modified in the future.

Zone A (CA, WA, NYC):
The base salary range for this position is $118,000-$176,000 annually.

Zone B:
The base salary range for this position is $112,000-$167,000 annually.

Zone C:
The base salary range for this position is $100,000-$150,000 annually.

This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.