Software Engineer, Specs Lenses, Level 5

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.

Specs Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Snap Inc. dedicated to making computing more human. The company develops Specs advanced eyewear that seamlessly integrates digital experiences into the physical world.

Specs Inc. also provides Lens Studio a full suite of advanced developer tools that powers immersive augmented reality experiences across Specs Snapchat and other services.

Were looking for a Software Engineer to join Lens Studio at Snap Inc!

• Design develop and support features for Snapchats AR engine and Lens Studio enabling AR experiences across Snapchat and Specs

• Build integrate and improve agentic development workflows and tooling

• Contribute to technical roadmap planning architecture decisions and technical specifications

• Participate in code reviews design reviews and technical discussions

• Collaborate with cross-functional partners across product design and engineering

• Contribute to improving code quality reliability performance and developer productivity

• Strong computer science fundamentals and problem-solving skills

• Strong proficiency in C and experience with modern C development

• Experience with scripting languages such as Python JavaScript or TypeScript

• Great communication skills; ability to work in a team and lead by example

• Pragmatic engineering judgment with the ability to balance iteration speed reliability maintainability and security

• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor Claude Code Codex or similar

• Understanding of AI systems and agentic workflows

• Focus on engineering quality including testing maintainability and performance

• BS in a technical field such as computer science or equivalent years of experience

• 6 years of post-Bachelors software development experience; or Masters degree in a technical field 3 year of post-grad software development experience; or PhD in a relevant technical field

• Experience designing or integrating agentic systems including tool use context management evaluation reliability or integration into developer workflows

• Experience with multi-agent systems agent harness engineering context engineering or building tools and ecosystems for AI agents

• Experience integrating AI or agentic capabilities into production developer workflows or software systems

• Experience with a 3D engine such as Unity Unreal Engine or a comparable real-time rendering platform

• Experience with build systems and developer infrastructure such as CMake Conan Jenkins GitHub Actions or similar

• Experience with Qt ImGui or similar frameworks for building cross-platform desktop software

• Experience with JavaScript engines embedded runtimes or frameworks used to execute and integrate user-provided code

• Experience working on large or complex codebases

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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.

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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

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