Head of Software Engineering: Strategy, Scale & Leadership

SNAP, Inc.; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 334,000 - 500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Job summary

Snap Inc. is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead a product engineering team. You will guide vision, strategy, and delivery of scalable, privacy-conscious products for Snapchat and related services.

In this role, you will hire, mentor, and grow engineers, partner with product/design/data science, and ensure high availability, performance, and cost efficiency across platforms. A strong focus on collaboration and inclusive leadership is required.

Qualifications

• Experience architecting, designing, and developing distributed systems.
• Experience leading, mentoring, and scaling engineering teams.
• Strong collaboration, communication, and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and mentor a team of software engineers to deliver high-impact work.
• Set technical vision, strategy, roadmaps, and goals for a product engineering area.
• Design, implement, and scale critical components and services across the stack.

Skills

Distributed systems

Leadership

Mentorship

Product collaboration

Programming languages

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Job description

Snap Inc. is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead a product engineering team. You will guide vision, strategy, and delivery of scalable, privacy-conscious products for Snapchat and related services.

In this role, you will hire, mentor, and grow engineers, partner with product/design/data science, and ensure high availability, performance, and cost efficiency across platforms. A strong focus on collaboration and inclusive leadership is required.