Manager, Software Engineering, Maps
Job Summary
Snap Engineering teams build fun and technically sophisticated products that reach hundreds of millions of Snapchatters around the world, every day. We’re deeply committed to the well-being of everyone in our global community, which is why our values are at the root of everything we do. We move fast, with precision, and always execute with privacy at the forefront.
About the Role
The Maps team at Snap is responsible for building the world's most personal map. Our mission is to enhance your relationships with friends, family, and the world, and to provide a place to stay in touch, find things to do together, and explore the world. The team owns the backend services and data infrastructure behind Snapchat's mapping feature, from friend location to places to the content that makes the map feel alive.
Responsibilities
- Manage and mentor a team of backend engineers, in a fast-paced, quick-to-market environment
- Set the strategy, build a roadmap, create measurable goals, and lead your team to deliver
- Collaborate with Product, Operation, Data Science and Engineering teams, and executive stakeholders
- Evaluate the technical tradeoffs of major decisions and be a strong technical mentor
- Hire, grow and retain high-performing team members
- Utilize AI tools and high velocity engineering workflows to design and ship scalable services while upholding rigorous standards for code correctness, security, and production ready quality code
Qualifications
- Background with building high availability and mission critical backend systems
- Experience with leading an engineering team
- A track record on both sides of the infrastructure and product split
- Ability leading and executing large, complex technical initiatives
- Proficiency in, or a strong aptitude for, leveraging AI tools to streamline development, paired with the critical judgment to audit generated output for architectural integrity, performance bottlenecks, and security risks
- Adaptability in learning and applying evolving AI systems and tools to remain at the forefront of engineering trends and modern development practices
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in a relevant technical field such as computer science or equivalent years of practical work experience
- 9+ years of post-Bachelor's software development experience; or a Master's degree in a technical field + 8+ years of post-grad software development experience; or a PhD in a related technical field + 5+ years of post-grad software development experience
- 1+ years of experience managing a team or acting as a technical lead
- Experience with distributed systems and backend service development
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with geospatial or location-based systems, such as map data pipelines, place and POI data, routing, or spatial indexing
- Familiarity with driving large scale initiatives from ideation to completion
- Track record of delivery in rapidly changing, highly collaborative, multi-stakeholder environments
- Experience with Ops-heavy systems/products