Staff Backend Engineer: Scale Systems & Impact, RSUs

SNAP, Inc.; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 229,000 - 343,000; Full time

Job summary

Snap Inc. in Bellevue, WA, is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to design, implement, and operate scalable backend services for identity, graphs, and persistence. You will collaborate across teams to translate product requirements into robust, production-ready systems.

You will advocate for availability, security, and performance, leverage AI tools to speed delivery, and participate in incident resolution and production readiness. Equity eligibility applies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in computer science or equivalent with 9+ years of software development experience.
• 9+ years post-Bachelor experience or 8+ via Master plus 5+ via PhD.
• 1+ years of technical leadership experience.
• Experience with distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operate critical, scalable backend services.
• Collaborate across teams to translate product requirements into robust solutions.
• Test, debug, and ensure high-quality code and security.
• Advocate for availability, scalability, and cost effectiveness.
• Utilize AI tools to accelerate development while auditing architecture.

Skills

Distributed systems

Backend services

Team leadership

Problem solving

Java/Python/C++

Cloud services

NoSQL

Kubernetes

AI tooling

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS or equivalent

Master's degree in technical field

PhD in related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Google Cloud

AWS

Redis

Memcached

Job description

Snap Inc. in Bellevue, WA, is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to design, implement, and operate scalable backend services for identity, graphs, and persistence. You will collaborate across teams to translate product requirements into robust, production-ready systems.

You will advocate for availability, security, and performance, leverage AI tools to speed delivery, and participate in incident resolution and production readiness. Equity eligibility applies.