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Snap Inc. · 9 hours ago

Staff Software Engineer, Ads Platform, Level 6

Los Angeles, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff

$229K/yr - $343K/yr

8+ years exp

Snap Inc is a technology company that empowers people to express themselves through innovative products like Snapchat and augmented reality solutions. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Ads Platform team, responsible for building next-generation ad formats and backend infrastructure while advocating for best practices in scalability and operational excellence.

Computer Software

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Build the next generation ads formats and backend infrastructure and solutions to deliver more clicks and conversion and value for advertisers

Work end-to-end across innovating new ads product, format ideas, or infrastructure ideas experimentation, analysis and optimization

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

Work across teams to understand product requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver the solutions needed to support Snap’s performance advertising suite

Technical influence that spans the entire company

Qualification

Software design skillsOperating highly-available systemsTechnical leadershipBackend services experienceAds domain expertiseLearning new technologiesCollaboration skillsMentorship skillsProblem-solving skills

Required

Excellent programming and software design skills, including debugging, performance analysis, and test design

Proven track record of operating highly-available systems at scale

Ability to proactively learn new concepts and technology and apply them at work

Skilled at solving ambiguous problems

Strong collaboration and mentorship skills

Ads domain expertise and a strong interest in Ads

Bachelor's Degree in a relevant technical field such as computer science or equivalent years of practical work experience

9+ years of post-Bachelor's software development experience; or a Master's degree in a technical field + 8+ year of post-grad software development experience; or a PhD in a related technical field + 5+ years of post-grad software development experience

2+ years of experience with technical leadership or acting as the domain-expert

Preferred

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

Proven track record of delivering large scale projects in attribution and measurement

Experience operating highly-available systems at significant scale

Experience with backend services or distributed systems

Ads domain experience

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.

Glassdoor3.6

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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