Staff Software Engineer, Ads Signals and Measurement

SNAP, Inc.; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Parental Leave

Medical Coverage

Emotional and Mental Health Support

Equity Compensation

Job summary

SNAP, Inc. is seeking an experienced software engineer to design and build scalable, privacy-safe advertising signal and measurement systems, including third-party signal ingestion, matching, activation, and advertiser ROI measurement.

You will provide technical direction, collaborate with product teams, advertisers, and machine learning partners, and uphold operational excellence, security, availability, and cost management at scale from Palo Alto.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience, plus 9+ years of software development experience.
• Alternatives include a master’s degree with 8+ years or a PhD with 5+ years.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Software Design

Programming

Distributed Systems

Performance Analysis

System Reliability

Mentorship

Technical Leadership

Security

Collaboration

Data Pipelines

Advertising Technology

Signal Ingestion

Identity Matching

Measurement Frameworks

Scalability

Machine Learning Collaboration

Education

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

Master's degree with 8+ years

PhD with 5+ years

Job description

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

Requirements: Requires a bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience, plus 9 or more years of software development experience; alternatives include a master’s degree with 8 or more years or a PhD with 5 or more years. Candidates should have experience leading complex technical initiatives and strong software engineering, system reliability, problem-solving, collaboration, and mentorship skills; advertising technology and distributed data systems expertise are preferred.

Key Skills: Software Design, Programming, Debugging, Performance Analysis, Test Design, Highly Available Systems, Distributed Systems, Data Pipelines, Advertising Technology, Signal Ingestion, Identity Matching, Measurement Frameworks, Machine Learning Collaboration, Scalability, Technical Leadership, Mentorship

Benefits: Paid Parental Leave, Medical Coverage, Emotional and Mental Health Support, Equity Compensation