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Snap Inc. · 1 day ago

Principal Software Engineer, Level 7

Los Angeles, California

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff

$276K/yr - $414K/yr

10+ years exp

Snap Inc. is a technology company that empowers people to express themselves and communicate through innovative products. They are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to design, implement, and scale critical engineering components and services, while providing technical direction that influences the entire company.

Computer Software

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

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

Software designDistributed systemsTechnical leadershipPerformance analysisCollaboration skillsLearning new technologiesProblem solvingMentorship skills

Required

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

10+ years of post-Bachelor's software development experience; or a Master's degree in a technical field + 9+ year of post-grad software development experience; or a PhD in a related technical field + 6+ years of post-grad software development experience

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

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

Experience architecting, designing, and developing distributed systems

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

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

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

This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.

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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