Software Engineer, Backend, Level 5 – Ads Delivery

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves live in the moment learn about the world and have fun together.

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 Backend Engineer to join Snap Inc. within our Ads Delivery Platform team.

What youll do:

• Design implement and operate our ads delivery infrastructure and services. Own critical serving-time systems and business logic that enable reliable scalable and efficient ad delivery.

• Partner closely with Product Data Science ML and Infrastructure teams to translate product vision into scalable technical solutions driving end-to-end execution from concept to launch and ongoing optimization.

• Design test debug and maintain high-quality production systems leveraging observability experimentation and automation to ensure robust and resilient services.

• Champion best practices in distributed systems availability scalability operational excellence security and infrastructure efficiency while helping evolve the long-term architecture of the ads delivery platform.

• 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

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

• 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.

• Adaptability in learning and applying evolving AI systems and tools to remain at the forefront of engineering trends and modern development practices

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in a relevant technical field such as computer science or equivalent years of practical work experience

• 6 years of post-Bachelors software development experience; or Masters degree in a technical field 5 year of post-grad software development experience; or PhD in a relevant technical field 2 years of post-grad software development experience

• Experience with distributed systems

• Experience with Java C and/or Python

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience building ad delivery recommendation marketplace auction search retrieval or other high-throughput online serving systems.

• Experience supporting multiple product surfaces through shared backend platforms and frameworks.

• Familiarity with ads concepts including ad serving targeting frequency capping auctions bidding systems pacing or campaign optimization.

• Experience improving system efficiency infrastructure utilization and cost-performance tradeoffs at scale.

• Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools and modern engineering workflows to improve engineering productivity and software quality.

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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).

Our Benefits: Snap Inc. is its own community so weve 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 and compensation packages that let you share in Snaps long-term success!

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.

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