Backend Engineer — Scale, Impact, RSU Eligible

Snap Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 118,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in RSUs

Paid parental leave

Comprehensive medical coverage

Mental health support

Job summary

Snap Inc. is seeking a Backend Engineer in San Francisco to design, implement, and operate scalable services such as identity, friend graphs, and our core persistence layer. You will work across teams to understand requirements, test and debug, and advocate for availability, scalability, and cost efficiency.

Candidates should have experience with backend systems and at least one major language. We offer equity (RSUs), strong benefits, and a policy supporting in-office collaboration, with the

Qualifications

• BS/BA in a technical field or equivalent years of experience.
• Experience coding in Java, Kotlin, Swift, Python, or C++.
• Experience with backend services or distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operate scalable backend services.
• Collaborate across teams to translate requirements into solutions.
• Test, debug, and ensure high availability and performance.
• Advocate for availability, scalability, and cost efficiency.

Skills

Backend services

Distributed systems

Independent feature work

Collaboration

High-scale operations

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

NoSQL

Memcache/Redis

Kubernetes

Cloud services (Google/AWS)

Job description

Snap Inc. is seeking a Backend Engineer in San Francisco to design, implement, and operate scalable services such as identity, friend graphs, and our core persistence layer. You will work across teams to understand requirements, test and debug, and advocate for availability, scalability, and cost efficiency.

Candidates should have experience with backend systems and at least one major language. We offer equity (RSUs), strong benefits, and a policy supporting in-office collaboration, with the