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Snap Inc. · 4 months ago

Principal Software Engineer, Growth, Level 7

Palo Alto, 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 join the Growth Team, responsible for designing and implementing critical services, advocating for best practices, and driving technical influence across the company.

Computer Software

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and operate our most critical and scalable services - ranging from ML systems, push notifications, friending graph, login and registration etc

Work across teams to understand product requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver the solutions needed to build innovative products

Advocate for and apply best practices when it comes to availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management

Drive technical influence that spans the entire company

Qualification

Backend servicesDistributed systemsCloud computingMachine learningJavaC++GoTechnical leadershipCross-functional collaborationProblem solving

Required

Experience with backend services or distributed systems

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, Information Retrieval/Search Systems, Machine learning for search and/or recommender systems, Notifications infrastructure, Search engine optimization

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

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 with Java, C++ and or Go

Preferred

Experience partnering with cross-functional executives and management across a globally distributed organization and exercising sound judgment

Experience working directly with business critical functions like growth

Building and operating ML/ML-adjacent systems

Track record of delivery in rapidly changing, highly collaborative, multi-site, multi-stakeholder environments

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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