Snap Inc. is a camera company. We believe that reinventing the camera represents our greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Our products empower people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.
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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 layerWork across teams to understand product requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver the solutions needed to build innovative productsYou evaluate, appropriately test, and debug your work, striving for high qualityAdvocate 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 systemsExperience in at least one of the following areas:Large-scale microservices and distributed systemsCloud computing and storage systemsInfrastructure and large-scale system designSecurityNetworking and data storageMachine learning and natural language processingToolsProven track record of operating highly-available systems at significant scaleExperience with Java, C++, and/or PythonExperience with NoSQL solutions, Memcache/Redis, Kubernetes, or Google/AWS servicesYou can independently execute on medium sized features, taking a few weeks and multiple PRs to completeYou understand the operational aspects of your system and may participate in incident or hotfix investigation and resolutionAbility to collaborate and work well with othersMinimumQualifications:BS/BA degree in a technical field such as Computer Science or equivalent years of experience11+ years of software development experienceAt Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE, including disability/vets. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don’t be shy and contact us ataccommodations-ext@snap.com.
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
You 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
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Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
Experience with backend services or distributed systems
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
Machine learning and natural language processing
Tools
Proven track record of operating highly-available systems at significant scale
Experience with Java, C++, and/or Python
Experience with NoSQL solutions, Memcache/Redis, Kubernetes, or Google/AWS services
You can independently execute on medium sized features, taking a few weeks and multiple PRs to complete
You 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
MinimumQualifications:
BS/BA degree in a technical field such as Computer Science or equivalent years of experience
11+ years of software development experience
At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE, including disability/vets. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don’t be shy and contact us ataccommodations-ext@snap.com.
