Backend Engineer - Scalable Microservices

SNAP, Inc.; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 118,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Comprehensive medical coverage

Mental health support programs

Equity RSUs

Job summary

Snap Inc. is seeking a backend-focused engineer to design, implement, and operate our most critical scalable services, including identity, friend graph, and core persistence.

You will collaborate with multiple teams to understand requirements and deliver solutions that power our products at scale. You will evaluate, test, and debug your work, aiming for high quality while applying best practices for availability, performance, and cost management.

Qualifications

• BS/BA degree in a technical field such as Computer Science or equivalent years of experience.
• Experience coding in industry-standard languages (e.g. Java, Kotlin, Swift, Python, C++).
• Experience with backend services or distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operate critical scalable services (identity, friend graph, core persistence).
• Collaborate across teams to understand requirements and deliver solutions for new products.
• Test, debug, and maintain high-quality code with best-practices for availability and cost efficiency.
• Handle incident/hotfix investigations and resolution as needed.

Skills

Backend services

Medium-sized features

Operational awareness

Collaboration

High availability

Education

BS/BA in CS or equivalent

Tools

Java

C++

Python

NoSQL

Job description

Snap Inc. is seeking a backend-focused engineer to design, implement, and operate our most critical scalable services, including identity, friend graph, and core persistence.

You will collaborate with multiple teams to understand requirements and deliver solutions that power our products at scale. You will evaluate, test, and debug your work, aiming for high quality while applying best practices for availability, performance, and cost management.