Snap Inc. · 16 hours ago
Engineering Manager, Content Ranking Backend
Palo Alto, California
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$229K/yr - $343K/yr
8+ years expSnap Inc. is a technology company that empowers people to express themselves through innovative products like Snapchat and augmented reality tools. They are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Content Ranking Backend team, focusing on improving content recommendation systems and managing a team of engineers.
Computer Software
Responsibilities
Manage and mentor a team of engineers working on the feed recommendation user-facing service foundation
Set the strategy, build a roadmap, create measurable goals, and lead your team to alter the tech debt accumulated in content recommendation services, as well as decoupling ranking and product development
Bring Snap’s content recommendation systems to surpass industry north stars
Collaborate with broader core and ML infra teams to build a strategic roadmap and solid adoption sequence with limited resources across the board
Hire, grow, and retain high-performing team members
Qualification
Required
Background in building high availability and mission-critical systems
Experience leading an engineering team
Ability leading and executing large, complex technical initiatives
Experience driving highly cross-functional efforts
Bachelor's Degree in a relevant technical field such as computer science or equivalent years of practical work experience
8+ years of post-Bachelor's software development experience; or a Master's degree in a technical field + 7+ years of post-grad software development experience; or a PhD in a related technical field + 4+ years of post-grad software development experience
1+ years of experience as a manager for an engineering team
Preferred
Experience with ops-heavy systems/products
Experience with user-facing systems, especially in Search, Ads, Recommendation domains
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.
Snap is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate.
5001-10000 employees
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