Software Engineer, Level 3

About the role

Snap Engineering builds fun and technically sophisticated products that reach hundreds of millions of Snapchatters around the world, every day. We move fast, with precision, and always execute with privacy at the forefront.

What you'll do

• Design, implement, and operate our most critical and scalable services - ranging from user identity services, friend graph, and our core persistence layer
• Work across teams to understand product requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver the solutions needed to build innovative products
• Evaluate, appropriately test, and debug your work, striving for high quality
• Advocate for and apply best practices when it comes to availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Experience with backend services or distributed systems
• Ability to independently execute on medium sized features, taking a few weeks and multiple PRs to complete
• Ability to understand the operational aspects of your system and may participate in incident or hotfix investigation and resolution
• Ability to collaborate and work well with others
• Proven track record of operating highly-available systems at significant scale

Minimum Qualifications

• BS/BA degree in a technical field such as Computer Science or equivalent years of experience
• Experience coding in an industry-standard language (e.g. Java, Kotlin, Swift, Python, C++)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with NoSQL solutions, Memcache/Redis, Kubernetes, or Google/AWS services
• Experience in at least one of the following areas:
  • Large-scale microservices and distributed systems
  • Cloud computing and storage systems
  • Infrastructure and large-scale system design
  • Security
  • Networking and data storage

Pay

• Zone A (CA, WA, NYC): $118,000-$176,000 annually
• Zone B: $112,000-$167,000 annually
• Zone C: $100,000-$150,000 annually
• This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs

Benefits

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

Schedule

Default Together policy: team members work in an office 4+ days per week.