Were looking for a Backend Engineer to join Snap Inc!

What youll 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-Bachelors software development experience; or Masters 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

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please dont be shy and provide us some information.

Default Together Policy at Snap: At Snap Inc. we believe that being together in person helps us build our culture faster, reinforce our values, and serve our community, customers and partners better through dynamic collaboration. To reflect this, we practice a default together approach and expect our team members to work in an office 4+ days per week.

Our Benefits: Snap Inc. is its own community, so weve 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 Snaps 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 candidates 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.