iOS Messaging Engineer — Real‑Time Chat

Snapchat; Palo Alto (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 programs

Job summary

Snap Inc. is seeking an iOS Software Engineer for the Messaging team to design and ship fast, reliable chat features in the Snapchat iOS app. You will work with product, design, and backend teams to deliver end-to-end messaging experiences used by millions daily.

The role emphasizes improving reliability, latency, and performance, with emphasis on real-time messaging, notifications, and media delivery, while maintaining high code quality and observability.

Qualifications

• BS/BA in Computer Science or equivalent; 1+ years of post-Bachelor’s software development experience.
• Experience with iOS services or distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of networking, async/concurrent programming, and performance tuning on iOS.
• Ability to collaborate and work well with others; track record shipping consumer iOS features end to end.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and ship high-quality messaging features in the Snapchat iOS app.
• Improve reliability, latency, and performance of chat and media delivery on iOS.
• Collaborate with product, design, and backend teams to define and execute roadmap.
• Instrument, analyze, and A/B test features to drive messaging engagement and DAU.
• Uphold code quality, testing, and observability for a large-scale iOS codebase.

Skills

iOS services

Distributed systems

Networking

Async/concurrent programming

Performance tuning

Collaboration

Shipping iOS features

Education

BS/BA in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

Snap Inc. is seeking an iOS Software Engineer for the Messaging team to design and ship fast, reliable chat features in the Snapchat iOS app. You will work with product, design, and backend teams to deliver end-to-end messaging experiences used by millions daily.

The role emphasizes improving reliability, latency, and performance, with emphasis on real-time messaging, notifications, and media delivery, while maintaining high code quality and observability.