Principal Software Engineer, Infrastructure

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• Own highly scalable, distributed, and multi-cloud infrastructure that powers all Snap's services.
• Build and operate Snap's Service Mesh, Compute, Network, and Deployments Infrastructure.
• Work across teams to understand product requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver the solutions needed to build innovative products or services.
• Advocate for and apply best practices when it comes to availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management.
• Provide technical direction that influences the entire company.

Skills & Abilities

• Hands-on knowledge of cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and operational excellence patterns and practices.
• Excellent programming and software design skills, including debugging, performance analysis, and test design.
• Proven track record of operating highly-available systems at scale.
• Skilled at solving ambiguous problems.
• Strong collaboration and mentorship skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelors in technical field such as computer science, mathematics, statistics or equivalent years of experience.
• 10+ years of post-Bachelor’s software development experience; or a Master’s degree in a technical field + 9+ years of post-grad software development experience; or a PhD in a related technical field + 6+ years of post-grad software development experience.
• 2+ years of experience with technical leadership or acting as the domain-expert to a technical organization.
• Experience in technical leadership/ownership and setting technical direction for engineering projects.
• Experience architecting, designing, and developing distributed systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a technical field such as computer science.
• Experience with cross platform development.
• Ability to promote product excellence and collaboration, driving a portfolio of concurrent engineering projects, from short-term critical feature launches to long-term research initiatives.
• Ability to create a compelling vision for the future, communicate clearly, and have a collaborative leadership approach.

Schedule

We practice a “default together” approach and expect our team members to work in an office 4+ days per week.

Pay

In the United States, work locations are assigned a pay zone which determines the salary range for the position. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. The starting pay may be negotiable within the salary range for the position. These pay zones may be modified in the future.

• Zone A (CA, WA, NYC): The base salary range for this position is $276,000-$414,000 annually.
• Zone B: The base salary range for this position is $262,000-$393,000 annually.
• Zone C: The base salary range for this position is $235,000-$352,000 annually.

This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.

Benefits

Snap Inc. is its own community, so we’ve got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include:

• Paid parental leave.
• Comprehensive medical coverage.
• Emotional and mental health support programs.
• Compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success.