Senior Backend Engineer, Scalable Microservices & AI Tools

SNAP, Inc.; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 209,000 - 313,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in RSUs

Comprehensive medical coverage

Parental leave

Job summary

Snap Inc. is seeking a Backend Engineer to join our engineering team in Bellevue. You will design, implement, and operate our most critical services, including identity, friend graphs, and core persistence layers.

You will work with cross-functional teams, evaluate trade-offs, and ensure production-grade quality while applying best practices for availability, security, and cost management. Experience with Java, C++, Python, NoSQL, and Kubernetes is preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience with backend services or distributed systems.
• Proven track record of operating highly-available systems at significant scale.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operate our most critical and scalable services.
• Collaborate across teams to understand product requirements and deliver solutions.
• Test and debug to ensure high quality.
• Advocate for availability, scalability, and cost management.
• Leverage AI tools to design scalable services with safe, production-ready code.

Skills

Backend services

Distributed systems

Java

C++

Python

NoSQL

Memcache/Redis

Kubernetes

GCP/AWS

Machine learning & NLP

Security

Networking & data storage

AI tools

Incident response

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Master’s degree in a technical field

PhD in a technical field with post-grad experience

Tools

Java

C++

Python

Job description

Snap Inc. is seeking a Backend Engineer to join our engineering team in Bellevue. You will design, implement, and operate our most critical services, including identity, friend graphs, and core persistence layers.

You will work with cross-functional teams, evaluate trade-offs, and ensure production-grade quality while applying best practices for availability, security, and cost management. Experience with Java, C++, Python, NoSQL, and Kubernetes is preferred.