Staff Software Engineer, Storage and Caching

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California (MO)

Hybrid

USD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Job summary

Snap seeks a senior backend platform leader to define the strategy and technical direction for Storage, Caching, and Identity infrastructure. You will architect and operate foundational services powering critical Snap features, guiding multi-quarter roadmaps and multi-year investments.

You will lead cross-functional teams across AWS and GCP, mentor engineers, and drive reliability, observability, and cost efficiency while enabling rapid product development and scalable platform growth.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
9+ years of software development experience; or a Master’s degree in a technical field and 8+ years of software development experience; or a PhD in a related technical field and 5+ years of software development experience.
Experience as a technical lead, domain expert, or owner of complex technical initiatives.
Experience building and operating backend systems or distributed systems in production environments.
Experience leading architecture or platform direction beyond an individual team, with demonstrated influence across stakeholders and partner teams.
Deep experience designing, building, and operating backend services or distributed systems at significant scale.
Strong foundation in system design, including APIs, service architecture, compute platforms, storage concepts, observability, and workflow orchestration.
Proven track record of owning highly available, mission-critical systems, including operational readiness, incident response, and systemic improvements.
Experience with service infrastructure domains such as service mesh, compute platforms, observability, or related backend platform systems.
Experience with large-scale microservices, cloud infrastructure, storage systems, or platform architecture.
Experience with Go, Java, Python, C++, or similar backend languages.
Experience with Kubernetes, containerized systems, developer platforms, or internal infrastructure tooling.

Responsibilities

Define the strategy and technical direction for storage, caching, and identity infrastructure.
Lead technical direction for service infrastructure platform and define roadmaps.
Design, build, and operate foundational backend infrastructure powering critical Snap services.
Drive high-impact technical initiatives from concept through architecture, implementation, rollout, and iteration.
Operate highly available distributed systems across AWS and GCP.
Partner with infrastructure and product engineering teams on technical direction, priorities, trade-offs, and platform investments.
Improve developer and operator experience through durable systems, abstractions, and mechanisms.
Drive best practices in service reliability, observability, incident response, system performance, and cost efficiency.
Mentor and uplevel engineers and provide technical leadership across team boundaries.
Identify responsible, scalable uses of AI to improve platform quality, developer productivity, and operational workflows.

Skills

Technical leadership

Backend system design

Distributed systems

Cloud infrastructure

APIs design

Kubernetes

Microservices

Observability

Mentoring

Backend languages

Incident response

Compute platforms

Education

Bachelor's in CS

Master's in technical field

PhD in related field

Tools

AWS

GCP

Kubernetes

Containerized systems

Developer Platforms

Job description

Define the strategy and technical direction for Snap’s Storage, Caching, and Identity infrastructure
Lead technical direction for Snap’s Service Infrastructure platform and define multi-quarter and multi-year roadmaps
Design, build, and operate foundational backend infrastructure powering critical Snap services
Drive high-impact technical initiatives from concept through architecture, implementation, rollout, and iteration
Operate highly available distributed systems across AWS and GCP
Partner with infrastructure and product engineering teams on technical direction, priorities, trade-offs, and platform investments
Improve developer and operator experience through durable systems, abstractions, and mechanisms
Drive best practices in service reliability, observability, incident response, system performance, and cost efficiency
Mentor and uplevel engineers and provide technical leadership across team boundaries
Identify responsible, scalable uses of AI to improve platform quality, developer productivity, and operational workflows

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
9+ years of software development experience; or a Master’s degree in a technical field and 8+ years of software development experience; or a PhD in a related technical field and 5+ years of software development experience
Experience as a technical lead, domain expert, or owner of complex technical initiatives
Experience building and operating backend systems or distributed systems in production environments
Experience leading architecture or platform direction beyond an individual team, with demonstrated influence across stakeholders and partner teams
Deep experience designing, building, and operating backend services or distributed systems at significant scale
Strong foundation in system design, including APIs, service architecture, compute platforms, storage concepts, observability, and workflow orchestration
Proven track record of owning highly available, mission-critical systems, including operational readiness, incident response, and systemic improvements
Experience with service infrastructure domains such as service mesh, compute platforms, observability, or related backend platform systems
Experience with large-scale microservices, cloud infrastructure, storage systems, or platform architecture
Experience with Go, Java, Python, C++, or similar backend languages
Experience with Kubernetes, containerized systems, developer platforms, or internal infrastructure tooling

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in defining technical direction and strategy for backend infrastructure, with a strong focus on distributed systems, service reliability, and operational excellence. Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives and mentor engineering teams while driving best practices in system design and performance.

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