- We are looking for a Director, Software Engineering to lead a Product Engineering team at Snap. In this role, you will combine strong people leadership, product judgment, and technical depth to build experiences that delight Snapchatters and deliver meaningful business impact
- You will shape the team’s vision and strategy, develop a high performing and inclusive organization, and partner closely with Product, Design, Data Science, Operations, and Engineering leaders. You will guide the delivery of reliable, scalable, and privacy conscious products in a fast moving, highly collaborative environment
- Lead, manage, and mentor a team of software engineers. Create an environment where people can do their best work, grow their careers, and feel included and supported
- Set the technical vision, strategy, roadmap, and measurable goals for a product engineering area aligned to company priorities
- Partner with Product, Design, Data Science, Operations, and other Engineering teams to understand customer needs, define product requirements, evaluate tradeoffs, and deliver high quality experiences
- Design, implement, and scale critical product components and services across the stack, including backend services, distributed systems, client applications, and data platforms as appropriate for the team
- Drive technical execution across a portfolio of initiatives, from near term product launches to longer term investments in architecture, platform capabilities, and engineering excellence
- Establish a high bar for availability, scalability, performance, privacy, security, operational excellence, and cost management
- Use product and engineering insights to identify opportunities, make sound decisions in ambiguous situations, and improve customer and business outcomes
- Provide technical direction that influences work beyond your immediate team and helps engineering organizations operate more effectively
- Hire, retain, and develop high caliber engineers and leaders while building a diverse and inclusive team
- Communicate clearly with senior leaders and cross functional partners, ensuring alignment on priorities, risks, decisions, and outcomes
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
- 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
- Short-term disability, long-term disability, basic life insurance, and AD&D insurance
- 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
- 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
- 15 sick and safe days per year
- 12 paid holidays per year
- Social gatherings, team outings, and volunteering programs
- Speaker series, classes, and subscriptions to educational programs
- Meditation and yoga classes
- 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!
Ability to learn new concepts and technologies quickly and apply them effectivelyProven experience building and operating highly available products or services at significant scaleExcellent programming and software design skills, including debugging, performance analysis, testing, and technical decision makingDemonstrated ability to solve ambiguous problems, set direction, and lead complex initiatives from strategy through delivery and operationExperience with one or more modern programming languages, such as Java, C++, Go, Python, Swift, Kotlin, or JavaScriptExperience developing engineering talent, building effective teams, and fostering a culture of accountability, inclusion, and continuous improvementStrong collaboration, communication, mentorship, and stakeholder management skillsStrong product judgment and the ability to connect technical choices to customer value and business outcomesExperience architecting, designing, and developing distributed systems and modern product experiencesBachelor’s degree in a relevant technical field such as computer science, mathematics, statistics, or equivalent years of practical work experience5+ years of experience as an engineering manager or technical leader, including experience setting technical direction for engineering projects or organizationsExperience architecting, designing, and developing distributed systems and business critical productsExperience leading, mentoring, and scaling engineering teams to consistently deliver complex, high impact work10+ years of post Bachelor’s software development experience; or a Master’s degree in a technical field plus 9+ years of post graduate software development experience; or a PhD in a related technical field plus 6+ years of post graduate software development experienceAdvanced degree in a technical field such as computer scienceExperience building consumer products used at global scaleExperience partnering with senior executives and management across a globally distributed organization, and exercising sound judgment in a fast changing environmentExperience leading product engineering teams across multiple platforms, such as web, mobile, and backend systemsExperience applying artificial intelligence or machine learning to product development, personalization, recommendations, search, or engineering productivityA track record of delivering in rapidly changing, highly collaborative, multi site, and multi stakeholder environmentsAbility to create a compelling vision for the future, communicate with clarity, and lead with a collaborative approach