Backend Software Engineer (Level 5)

SNAP, Inc.; Santa Monica (CA); Presencial; USD 140.000 - 210.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Up to 28 weeks of parental leave and a

Return-to-work program

Adoption, surrogacy, infertility, and

Descripción de la vacante

Snap Inc. is seeking engineers to design, implement, and operate our most critical services across identity, friend graph, and core persistence layers.

You will collaborate across teams to understand requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver robust, scalable solutions with attention to testing, security, and production readiness. You will leverage AI tools and modern workflows to ship high-quality services while prioritizing availability, performance, and cost efficiency across a

Formación

• Experience with large-scale distributed systems and backend services.
• Proficiency in Java, C++, or Python.
• Experience operating highly available systems at scale.
• Strong security and performance awareness.

Responsabilidades

• Design, implement, and operate scalable services.
• Collaborate across teams to understand requirements and trade-offs.
• Evaluate and test work to ensure high quality.
• Advocate for availability, scalability, and cost management.
• Use AI tools to accelerate development while auditing architecture and security.

Conocimientos

NoSQL solutions

Memcache/Redis

Kubernetes

Google Cloud/AWS services

Java

C++

Python

AI tools for development

Backend services

Distributed systems

Educación

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree or PhD in a technical field (optional)

Herramientas

Kubernetes

Redis

Google Cloud Platform

AWS

Descripción del empleo

• Design, implement, and operate our most critical and scalable services - ranging from user identity services, friend graph, and our core persistence layer
• Work across teams to understand product requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver the solutions needed to build innovative products
• You evaluate, appropriately test, and debug your work, striving for high quality
• Advocate for and apply best practices when it comes to availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management
• Utilize AI tools and high velocity engineering workflows to design and ship scalable services while upholding rigorous standards for code correctness, security, and production ready quality code

Benefits

• Up to 28 weeks of parental leave and return-to-work program
• Adoption, surrogacy, infertility, and fertility preservation benefits
• Backup child care coverage, center-based care support, & caregiver assistance
• Dependent Daycare Flexible Spending Account
• For Snap, employees taking care of loved ones with complex, chronic, or ongoing care needs (i.e. parent with Dementia, spouse with Cancer, child with Autism), your family can save time, money, & stress with Wellthy
• Short-term disability, long-term disability, basic life insurance, and AD&D insurance
• Services to support your path to parenthood & beyond - fertility support & family planning via Carrot, SNOO, Hinge Health
• Lactation rooms (based on office location) and breastmilk shipping coverage
• Comprehensive medical coverage, including PPO, HDHP with HSA, and HMO options
• Dental coverage, including orthodontia benefits
• Vision coverage, including frame and contact allowance and LASIK benefits
• Free membership to One Medical for primary and urgent healthcare services
• Business Travel Insurance
• Gym perks and discounts
• Team fitness classes and races
• Sports leagues
• Cooking and nutritional workshops
• Well-being reimbursement
• Unlimited access to virtual physical therapy with Anthem
• 15 sessions per year of mental health for you + dependents through Lyra
• Generous time off and leave programs. In the US, this includes the following:
• Up to 3 weeks (120 hours) of vacation time and 1 floating holiday for non-exempt team members
• 12 paid holidays per year
• 15 sick and safe days per year
• Speaker series, classes, and subscriptions to educational programs
• Meditation and yoga classes
• Social gatherings, team outings, and volunteering programs
• Snap Inc. provides a 401(k) plan that allows you to save on a pre-tax, Roth, and after-tax basis for your retirement (yes, we even have the Mega backdoor option!) Snap will also match 100% up to 3% of your contribution and then 50% on your 4th and 5th%
• Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare, daycare and commuter
• Health Savings Account with employer contributions
• Rocket Lawyer memberships
• Financial education programs
• Snap exclusive discounts and perks
• Compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!

Cloud computing and storage systemsAdaptability in learning and applying evolving AI systems and tools to remain at the forefront of engineering trends and modern development practicesYou can independently execute on medium sized features, taking a few weeks and multiple PRs to completeNetworking and data storageExperience with NoSQL solutions, Memcache/Redis, Kubernetes, or Google/AWS servicesExperience with Java, C++, and/or PythonProficiency in, or a strong aptitude for, leveraging AI tools to streamline development, paired with the critical judgment to audit generated output for architectural integrity, performance bottlenecks, and security risksExperience in at least one of the following areas:SecurityLarge-scale microservices and distributed systemsAbility to collaborate and work well with othersExperience with backend services or distributed systemsToolsInfrastructure and large-scale system designYou understand the operational aspects of your system and may participate in incident or hotfix investigation and resolutionMachine learning and natural language processingProven track record of operating highly-available systems at significant scaleExperience with distributed systemsBachelor’s Degree in a relevant technical field such as computer science or equivalent years of practical work experience6+ years of post-Bachelor’s software development experience; or Master’s degree in a technical field + 5+ year of post-grad software development experience; or PhD in a relevant technical field + 2+ years of post-grad software development experience