Backend Engineer IV — Build Scalable, High-Availability Services

SNAP, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 157,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

Snap Inc. is seeking a Backend Engineer to design, implement, and operate our most critical services, including user identity, friend graph, and core persistence layers.

You will collaborate across teams to translate product needs into scalable solutions and will test, debug, and maintain high-quality code with an emphasis on availability and cost efficiency. You should have experience with distributed systems and backend services, with the ability to tackle mid-sized features end-to-end and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 2+ years of post-Bachelor’s software development experience; or Master’s +1 year; or PhD in a relevant field.
• Experience working with distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operate scalable backend services (identity, user graph, persistence).
• Collaborate with teams to understand product requirements and deliver solutions.
• Test, debug, and ensure high-quality code.
• Advocate for availability, scalability, and cost effectiveness.
• Leverage AI tools while ensuring architectural integrity and security.

Skills

Backend services

Distributed systems

Feature delivery

Incident resolution

Cross-team collaboration

AI tooling familiarity

Learning new AI tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field

Tools

Java

C++

Python

NoSQL

Memcache/Redis

Kubernetes

Cloud services (AWS/GCP)

Job description

Snap Inc. is seeking a Backend Engineer to design, implement, and operate our most critical services, including user identity, friend graph, and core persistence layers.

You will collaborate across teams to translate product needs into scalable solutions and will test, debug, and maintain high-quality code with an emphasis on availability and cost efficiency. You should have experience with distributed systems and backend services, with the ability to tackle mid-sized features end-to-end and