Principal Software Engineer, Infrastructure
Job Location:
Bellevue, WA - USA
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Job Summary
The Company operates Snapchat a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends family and the world and Specs Inc. a wholly-owned subsidiary dedicated to making computing more human in addition to Bitmoji Saturn and other digital services.
Snap Engineering teams build fun and technically sophisticated products that reach hundreds of millions of Snapchatters around the world every day. Were 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.
Were looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join Snap Inc!
What youll do:
Own highly scalable distributed and multi-cloud infrastructure that powers all Snaps services.
Build and operate Snaps 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
Knowledge 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
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelors in technical field such as computer science mathematics statistics or equivalent years of experience
10 years of post-Bachelors software development experience; or a Masters degree in a technical field 9 year 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.
If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation please dont be shy and provide us some information.
Default Together Policy at Snap: At Snap Inc. we believe that being together in person helps us build our culture faster reinforce our values and serve our community customers and partners better through dynamic collaboration. To reflect this we practice a default together approach and expect our team members to work in an office 4 days per week.
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.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law (by example the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring where applicable).
Compensation
In the United States work locations are assigned a pay zone which determines the salary range for the position. The successful candidates 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.
The base salary range for this position is $276000-$414000 annually.Required Experience:
Staff IC
About Company
We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate.
