Staff Software Engineer, Ads Signals and Measurement

SNAP, Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Parental Leave

Medical Coverage

Emotional And Mental Health Support

Equity In The Form Of RSUs

Job summary

SNAP, Inc. seeks a senior software engineer to build and operate scalable, privacy-safe advertising signal and measurement systems in Los Angeles. You will lead critical initiatives, own complex architectures, and mentor junior engineers.

You will collaborate with product teams, advertisers, and ML partners to ensure availability, security, and cost efficiency while advancing measurement capabilities across the platform.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience with 9+ years of software development experience; master’s degree with 8+ years or PhD with 5+ years are acceptable alternatives.
• Candidates must have led or owned complex technical initiatives and demonstrate strong software engineering, large-scale systems, problem-solving, collaboration, and mentorship skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate scalable, reliable, privacy-safe advertising signal and measurement systems, including third-party signal ingestion, matching, activation, and solutions that measure advertiser ROI.
• Provide technical direction across the company, collaborate with product teams, advertisers, and machine learning partners.
• Uphold availability, security, operational excellence, and cost-management standards.

Skills

Programming

Software Design

Debugging

Performance Analysis

Test Design

Highly Available Systems

Scalable Systems

Problem Solving

Collaboration

Mentorship

Advertising Technology

Signal Ingestion

Identity Matching

Measurement Frameworks

Data Pipelines

Distributed Systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Build and operate scalable, reliable, privacy-safe advertising signal and measurement systems, including third-party signal ingestion, matching, activation, and solutions that measure advertiser ROI. Provide technical direction across the company, collaborate with product teams, advertisers, and machine learning partners, and uphold availability, security, operational excellence, and cost-management standards.

Requirements

Requires a bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience, with 9+ years of software development experience; alternatives include a master’s degree with 8+ years or a PhD with 5+ years. Candidates must have led or owned complex technical initiatives and demonstrate strong software engineering, large-scale systems, problem-solving, collaboration, and mentorship skills; advertising technology, data pipelines, machine learning collaboration, and distributed systems expertise are preferred.

Key Skills

Programming, Software Design, Debugging, Performance Analysis, Test Design, Highly Available Systems, Scalable Systems, Problem Solving, Collaboration, Mentorship, Advertising Technology, Signal Ingestion, Identity Matching, Measurement Frameworks, Data Pipelines, Distributed Systems

Benefits

Paid Parental Leave, Medical Coverage, Emotional And Mental Health Support, Equity In The Form Of RSUs