Senior Backend Engineer - Scalable Services

SNAP, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 118,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

Snap Inc. is seeking a Backend Engineer to design, implement, and operate our most critical and scalable services. You will work across teams to translate product requirements into reliable, high-performance systems and contribute to incident response and cost management.

The role emphasizes building highly available backend services at scale, with a focus on privacy and operational excellence. The chosen candidate will typically work in a Snap engineering environment that values collaboration

Qualifications

• BS/BA in Computer Science or equivalent years of experience.
• Experience with backend services or distributed systems.
• Proficiency in industry-standard languages (e.g., Java, Kotlin, Swift, Python, C++).

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operate scalable backend services.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into reliable solutions.
• Evaluate, test, and debug code to ensure high quality and availability.
• Contribute to operations, incident response, and performance optimization.

Skills

Backend services

Distributed systems

Feature development

Incident response

Collaboration

Scalability

Education

BS/BA in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes

Google Cloud

AWS

NoSQL

Redis

Memcached

Job description

Snap Inc. is seeking a Backend Engineer to design, implement, and operate our most critical and scalable services. You will work across teams to translate product requirements into reliable, high-performance systems and contribute to incident response and cost management.

The role emphasizes building highly available backend services at scale, with a focus on privacy and operational excellence. The chosen candidate will typically work in a Snap engineering environment that values collaboration