Staff Backend Engineer — Scale Global Microservices (RSUs)

SNAP, Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); Vor Ort; USD 229.000 - 343.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Equity/RSUs

Medical coverage

Parental leave

Mental health support

Diversity & inclusion

Zusammenfassung

Snap Inc. is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to design, implement, and operate our most critical services, from identity to core persistence. You will collaborate across teams to translate product requirements into scalable solutions.

You will test and debug your work, uphold code quality, security, and operational excellence, and leverage AI tools to accelerate development while maintaining architectural integrity.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree in CS or equivalent experience.
• 9+ years of software development experience post-bachelor’s.
• 1+ year of technical leadership experience.
• Experience with distributed systems.

Aufgaben

• Design, implement, and operate scalable backend services.
• Collaborate across teams to translate product requirements.
• Test, debug, and ensure code quality and security.
• Advocate for availability, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Leverage AI tools to accelerate development while auditing outputs.

Kenntnisse

Backend services

Distributed systems

High availability

Feature ownership

Incident investigation

Collaboration

AI tooling usage

AI system evaluation

Adaptive learning

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Master's degree +8+ years

PhD +5+ years

Tools

Java

C++

Python

NoSQL

Memcached/Redis

Kubernetes

Google Cloud / AWS

Jobbeschreibung

Snap Inc. is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to design, implement, and operate our most critical services, from identity to core persistence. You will collaborate across teams to translate product requirements into scalable solutions.

You will test and debug your work, uphold code quality, security, and operational excellence, and leverage AI tools to accelerate development while maintaining architectural integrity.