Senior Backend Engineer - Scalable Distributed Systems

Snap Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 209,000 - 313,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Medical coverage

Mental health support

Equity/RSUs

Job summary

Snap Inc. is seeking a Backend Engineer to design, implement, and operate our most critical services, including identity, friend graph, and core persistence layers.

You will collaborate across teams to translate product requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver scalable solutions while ensuring code quality, security, and production-readiness. A strong emphasis on AI-assisted development and operational excellence is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years post-Bachelor software development experience.
• Experience with distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operate scalable backend services.
• Collaborate across teams to translate product requirements into solutions.
• Test and debug to ensure high-quality code.
• Advocate for availability, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Leverage AI tools while upholding security and reliability.

Skills

Backend services

Microservices

Cloud computing

Security

Networking

ML/NLP

Testing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS or related

Master’s degree in technical field

PhD in relevant field

Tools

NoSQL

Memcached/Redis

Kubernetes

Google Cloud / AWS

Job description

Snap Inc. is seeking a Backend Engineer to design, implement, and operate our most critical services, including identity, friend graph, and core persistence layers.

You will collaborate across teams to translate product requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver scalable solutions while ensuring code quality, security, and production-readiness. A strong emphasis on AI-assisted development and operational excellence is expected.