Senior Backend Engineer – Scalable Systems

Snapchat, Inc.; Santa Clarita (CA); On-site; USD 178,000 - 313,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity RSUs

Office 4+ days

Comprehensive benefits

Paid parental leave

Job summary

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

You will work across teams to understand product requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver robust solutions. You will test, debug, and maintain high-quality code, while applying best practices for availability, scalability, and cost.

Qualifications

• 6+ years post-Bachelor’s software development in distributed systems

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operate backend services at scale
• Collaborate across teams to meet product requirements
• Advocate for availability, scalability, and cost efficiency
• Investigate and resolve production incidents and hotfixes

Skills

Java

C++

Python

Distributed systems

Microservices

Cloud computing

Security

AI tools

Incident response

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes

Google Cloud / AWS

NoSQL (MongoDB, etc.)

Memcached/Redis

Job description

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

You will work across teams to understand product requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver robust solutions. You will test, debug, and maintain high-quality code, while applying best practices for availability, scalability, and cost.