AR Lens Engine Engineer (C++, AI Tools)

SNAP, Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 209,000 - 313,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Medical coverage

Mental health support

Equity RSUs

Job summary

Snap Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer to join Lens Studio in Los Angeles, CA, to design and develop features for Lens Engine and Lens Studio, enabling AR experiences across Snapchat and Specs.

You will build tooling to enhance developer productivity and contribute to architecture decisions. You’ll collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams, review code, and drive improvements in reliability, performance, and maintainability.

Qualifications

• BS in a technical field such as computer science or equivalent years of experience.
• 6+ years of post-Bachelor’s software development experience; or MS + 3+ years; or PhD in a relevant field.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support features for Lens Engine and Lens Studio, enabling AR experiences across Snapchat and Specs.
• Build, integrate, and improve agentic development workflows and tooling.
• Contribute to technical roadmap planning, architecture decisions, and technical specifications.
• Participate in code reviews, design reviews, and technical discussions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners across product, design, and engineering.
• Contribute to improving code quality, reliability, performance, and developer productivity.

Skills

C++

Python/JS/TS

Communication

AI tools

Problem solving

Code quality

Agentic systems

Engineering judgment

Team leadership

Education

BS in CS or related

MS with 3+ years experience

PhD in technical field

Tools

CMake

Conan

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Qt

ImGui

Unity/Unreal Engine

Job description

Snap Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer to join Lens Studio in Los Angeles, CA, to design and develop features for Lens Engine and Lens Studio, enabling AR experiences across Snapchat and Specs.

You will build tooling to enhance developer productivity and contribute to architecture decisions. You’ll collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams, review code, and drive improvements in reliability, performance, and maintainability.