Backend Engineer – Scalable Distributed Systems

Snap; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 118,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Comprehensive medical coverage

Emotional and mental health support

Job summary

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

You will collaborate across teams, test thoroughly, and optimize for availability, scalability, and cost management. The role requires experience with backend systems, ability to deliver mid-sized features across several PRs, and a track record of operating highly-available systems at scale.

Qualifications

• BS/BA in CS or equivalent years of experience.
• Experience coding in an industry-standard language (e.g. Java, Kotlin, Swift, Python, C++).
• Experience with backend services or distributed systems.
• Ability to independently execute on medium sized features over a few weeks and multiple PRs.
• Experience with NoSQL solutions, Memcache/Redis, Kubernetes, or Google/AWS services.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operate our most critical and scalable services.
• Work across teams to translate product requirements and deliver solutions.
• Test, debug, and strive for high quality in your work.
• Advocate for availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management.

Skills

Backend services

Distributed systems

Feature development

Incident handling

Collaboration

Scale systems

Education

BS/BA in CS or equivalent

Tools

Java

C++

Python

NoSQL

Memcache/Redis

Kubernetes

GCP/AWS

Job description

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

You will collaborate across teams, test thoroughly, and optimize for availability, scalability, and cost management. The role requires experience with backend systems, ability to deliver mid-sized features across several PRs, and a track record of operating highly-available systems at scale.