Software Engineer, Backend, Level 5

Snap Inc.; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 209,000 - 313,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Comprehensive medical coverage

Emotional and mental health support programs

Job summary

Snap Inc. is looking for a Backend Engineer in Palo Alto. You will design and implement highly-scalable backend services, negotiating product requirements across teams, while maintaining operational excellence.

The ideal candidate will have at least 6 years of software development experience, expertise in Java, Python, and familiarity with distributed systems. Full-time in-office work is expected 4+ days a week.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent practical work experience.
• 6+ years of software development experience post-Bachelor's.
• Experience with distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable services.
• Collaborate across teams to meet product requirements.
• Test and debug work for high quality.

Skills

Experience with backend services or distributed systems

Collaboration and teamwork

Proficiency in leveraging AI tools

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a relevant technical field

6+ years of post-Bachelor’s software development experience

Tools

Java

Python

Kubernetes

NoSQL

Job description

Job Summary

We’re looking for a Backend Engineer to join Snap Inc.

What you’ll do:

• Design, implement, and operate our most critical and scalable services - ranging from user identity services, friend graph, and our core persistence layer
• Work across teams to understand product requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver the solutions needed to build innovative products
• You evaluate, appropriately test, and debug your work, striving for high quality
• Advocate for and apply best practices when it comes to availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management
• Utilize AI tools and high velocity engineering workflows to design and ship scalable services while upholding rigorous standards for code correctness, security, and production ready quality code

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Experience with backend services or distributed systems
• Experience in at least one of the following areas:
  • Large-scale microservices and distributed systems
  • Cloud computing and storage systems
  • Infrastructure and large-scale system design
  • Security
  • Networking and data storage
  • Machine learning and natural language processing
• Tools
• Proven track record of operating highly-available systems at significant scale
• Experience with Java, C++, and/or Python
• Experience with NoSQL solutions, Memcache/Redis, Kubernetes, or Google/AWS services
• You can independently execute on medium sized features, taking a few weeks and multiple PRs to complete
• You understand the operational aspects of your system and may participate in incident or hotfix investigation and resolution
• Ability to collaborate and work well with others
• Proficiency in, or a strong aptitude for, leveraging AI tools to streamline development, paired with the critical judgment to audit generated output for architectural integrity, performance bottlenecks, and security risks.
• Adaptability in learning and applying evolving AI systems and tools to remain at the frontier of engineering trends and modern development practices

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant technical field such as computer science or equivalent years of practical work experience
• 6+ years of post-Bachelor’s software development experience; or Master’s degree in a technical field + 5+ year of post-grad software development experience; or PhD in a relevant technical field + 2+ years of post-grad software development experience
• Experience with distributed systems

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Java, C++, and/or Python
• Experience with NoSQL solutions, Memcache/Redis, Kubernetes, or Google/AWS services

Accommodation Request

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 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.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

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.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law (e.g. the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, where applicable).

Benefits

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 $209,000-$313,000 annually.

Zone B: The base salary range for this position is $199,000-$297,000 annually.

Zone C: The base salary range for this position is $178,000-$266,000 annually.

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