Director of Software Engineering — Scale, Privacy, Impact

Snap; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

Snap Inc is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead a Product Engineering team. You will shape the team’s vision, recruit and mentor engineers, and partner with Product, Design, Data Science, and Operations to deliver reliable, scalable, and privacy-conscious products.

In a fast-moving environment you will set roadmaps, drive architectural decisions, and maintain high standards for availability, security, and performance while building an inclusive, high-performing organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field and 10+ years of software development experience.
• Experience leading software engineering teams and defining roadmaps.
• Proven ability to design and scale distributed systems.
• Strong collaboration and communication across functions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers.
• Set technical vision and roadmap for product areas.
• Partner with Product, Design, Data Science, and Ops.
• Drive architecture, reliability, and privacy at scale.
• Hire and develop diverse, high-performing engineers.

Skills

Leadership

Mentorship

Stakeholder Management

Problem Solving

Communication

Cloud/Distributed Systems

Product Judgment

Team Building

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Java

C++

Go

Python

JavaScript

Job description

Snap Inc is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead a Product Engineering team. You will shape the team’s vision, recruit and mentor engineers, and partner with Product, Design, Data Science, and Operations to deliver reliable, scalable, and privacy-conscious products.

In a fast-moving environment you will set roadmaps, drive architectural decisions, and maintain high standards for availability, security, and performance while building an inclusive, high-performing organization.