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Snap Inc. · 2 days ago

Software Engineer, Backend, Level 4

New York, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

$157K/yr - $235K/yr

2+ years exp

Snap Inc is a technology company that focuses on enhancing communication through innovative products like Snapchat and AR technologies. They are seeking a Backend Engineer to design, implement, and operate critical services, ensuring high quality and scalability in their offerings.

Computer Software

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

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

Qualification

Backend servicesDistributed systemsCloud computingMicroservicesSystem designJavaC++PythonCollaborationProblem-solving

Required

2+ years of post-Bachelor's software development experience; or Master's degree in a technical field + 1+ year of post-grad software development experience; or PhD in a relevant technical field

Experience working with distributed systems

Experience with backend services or distributed systems

Proven track record of operating highly-available systems at significant scale

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

Preferred

Experience with Java, C++, and/or Python

Experience with NoSQL solutions, Memcache/Redis, Kubernetes, or Google/AWS services

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

Benefits

Paid parental leave

Comprehensive medical coverage

Emotional and mental health support programs

Compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success

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

Santa Monica, California, US

5001-10000 employees

https://careers.snap.com/

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