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Original Job Post

Snap Inc. · 5 days ago

Principal Software Engineer

Los Angeles, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$244K/yr - $366K/yr

14+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Design, implement, and scale critical engineering components and services to support Snap's most strategic initiatives

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

Qualification

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ProgrammingSoftware designDebuggingPerformance analysisTest designOperating highly-available systemsProactively learning newSolving ambiguous problemsTechnical leadershipSetting technical directionArchitecting distributed systemsDesigning distributed systemsDeveloping distributed systemsCollaborationMentorshipComputer ScienceCross platform developmentPromote product excellenceCollaborationPortfolio managementVision communicationCollaborative leadership

Required

Bachelors in technical field such as computer science, mathematics, statistics or equivalent years of experience

14+ years of industry experience

Experience in technical leadership/ownership and setting technical direction for engineering projects

Experience architecting, designing, and developing distributed systems

Preferred

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.

Benefits

Paid parental leave

Comprehensive medical coverage

Emotional and mental health support programs

Equity in the form of RSUs

Company

Snap Inc.

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Snap is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate.

Founded in 2011

Venice, California, USA

5,001-10,000 employees

https://www.snap.com

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