Principal Software Engineer, Monetization

Rocket Lab; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 276,000 - 414,000; Full time

Job summary

Rocket Lab is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join its Monetization team. The role focuses on building advanced ad solutions and backend infrastructure while advocating for best practices in operational excellence and scalability. Ideal candidates will have extensive software development experience and a strong interest in the ads domain, with opportunities for technical leadership in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Paid parental leave

Comprehensive medical coverage

Emotional and mental health support programs

Compensation packages with equity opportunities

Qualifications

• 10+ years of post-Bachelor’s software development experience.
• 2+ years of experience with technical leadership.
• Ability to learn new technologies and apply them.

Responsibilities

• Build next-generation ads formats and backend solutions.
• Work across teams to understand product requirements and deliver solutions.
• Provide technical direction influencing the entire company.

Skills

Programming

Software Design

Debugging

Performance Analysis

Test Design

Collaboration

Mentorship

Problem Solving

Ads Domain Expertise

Education

Bachelor's in a Technical Field

Master's in a Technical Field

PhD in a Related Technical Field

Job description

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. The Company’s three core products are Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world; Lens Studio, an augmented reality platform that powers AR across Snapchat and other services; and its AR glasses, Spectacles.

Snap Engineering teams build fun and technically sophisticated products that reach hundreds of millions of Snapchatters around the world, every day. We’re deeply committed to the well-being of everyone in our global community, which is why our values are at the root of everything we do. We move fast, with precision, and always execute with privacy at the forefront.

We’re looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join the Monetization team at Snap.

What you’ll do:

• Build the next generation ads formats and backend infrastructure and solutions to deliver more clicks and conversion and value for advertisers.

• Work end-to-end across innovating new ads product, format ideas, or infrastructure ideas experimentation, analysis and optimization

• Work across teams to understand product requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver the solutions needed to build innovative products or services

• Advocate for and apply best practices when it comes to availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management

• Provide technical direction that influences the entire company

• Work across teams to understand product requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver the solutions needed to support Snap’s performance advertising suite

• Technical influence that spans the entire company

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Excellent programming and software design skills, including debugging, performance analysis, and test design

• Proven track record of operating highly-available systems at scale

• Ability to proactively learn new concepts and technology and apply them at work

• Skilled at solving ambiguous problems

• Strong collaboration and mentorship skills

• Ads domain expertise and a strong interest in Ads

Minimum Qualifications:

• 10+ years of post-Bachelor’s software development experience; or a Master’s degree in a technical field + 9+ year of post-grad software development experience; or a PhD in a related technical field + 6+ years of post-grad software development experience

• 2+ years of experience with technical leadership or acting as the domain-expert to a technical organization

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in technical leadership/ownership and setting technical direction for engineering projects

• Proven track record of delivering large scale projects in attribution and measurement

• Experience operating highly-available systems at significant scale

• Experience with backend services or distributed systems

• Ads domain experience

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don’t be shy and provide us some information.

"Default Together" Policy at Snap: At Snap Inc. we believe that being together in person helps us build our culture faster, reinforce our values, and serve our community, customers and partners better through dynamic collaboration. To reflect this, we practice a “default together” approach and expect our team members to work in an office 4+ days per week.

At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE, including disability/vets.

Our Benefits: Snap Inc. is its own community, so we’ve got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!

Compensation

In the United States, work locations are assigned a pay zone which determines the salary range for the position. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. The starting pay may be negotiable within the salary range for the position.These pay zones may be modified in the future.

Zone A (CA, WA, NYC):

The base salary range for this position is $276,000-$414,000 annually.

Zone B:

The base salary range for this position is $262,000-$393,000 annually.

Zone C:

The base salary range for this position is $235,000-$352,000 annually.

This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.