Staff Backend Software Engineer (Level 6)

Join Snap Inc. as a Staff Backend Software Engineer (Level 6) and play a key role in designing, implementing, and operating critical and scalable services. Collaborate across teams to understand product requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver innovative solutions. Advocate for best practices in availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management. 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. Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including generous time off, medical coverage, and retirement savings options.

• Design, implement, and operate critical and scalable backend services, including user identity services and core persistence layer.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand product requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver innovative solutions.
• Advocate for and apply best practices in availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management.

• Experience with backend services or distributed systems
• 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
• Ability to collaborate and work well with others
• Experience in at least one of the following areas:
• Cloud computing and storage systems
• Adaptability in learning and applying evolving AI systems and tools to remain at the forefront of engineering trends and modern development practices
• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant technical field such as computer science or equivalent years of practical work experience
• You understand the operational aspects of your system and may participate in incident or hotfix investigation and resolution
• Machine learning and natural language processing tools
• Infrastructure and large-scale system design
• Experience with distributed systems
• Large-scale microservices and distributed systems
• Proven track record of operating highly-available systems at significant scale
• Security
• You can independently execute on medium sized features, taking a few weeks and multiple PRs to complete
• 1+ years of experience with technical leadership or acting as the domain-expert to a technical organization
• 9+ years of post-Bachelor’s software development experience; or a Master’s degree in a technical field + 8+ year of post-grad software development experience; or a PhD in a related technical field + 5+ years of post-grad software development experience
• Networking and data storage
• Experience with Java, C++, and/or Python
• Experience with NoSQL solutions, Memcache/Redis, Kubernetes, or Google/AWS services