Application Engineer, Level 4
About The Position
Snap Inc. is seeking a Full Stack Application Engineer to join its Finance Technology team. The role builds and operates business-critical applications connecting Finance, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing, supporting hardware development and production from planning and procurement through inventory, costing, and financial reporting. This end-to-end engineering role works directly with business and technical partners to turn complex operational needs into simple, reliable products. The engineer owns solutions from discovery and architecture through delivery, adoption, and production support, applying full-stack engineering skills and an understanding of enterprise systems, data integrity, and finance or manufacturing workflows. The position follows Snap’s “Default Together” approach, with team members expected to work in an office four or more days per week. The role is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- At least 4 years of full-stack application or software engineering experience after earning a bachelor’s degree; alternatively, a technical master’s degree plus at least 3 years of post-graduate full-stack engineering experience, or a relevant PhD.
- Professional experience building, shipping, and supporting production-grade, end-to-end web applications.
- Hands-on experience with a modern front-end framework, back-end services, relational databases, and system integrations.
- Strong full-stack development skills using JavaScript or TypeScript and at least one modern front-end framework such as React, Angular, or Vue.
- Strong experience developing backend services and APIs using one or more of Java, Python, Go, or Node.js, and ability to learn Snap’s stack quickly.
- Understanding of application architecture, object-oriented and domain-driven design, distributed systems, and common integration patterns.
- Ability to translate ambiguous business needs into clear product, functional, and technical requirements.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to work effectively across engineering and non-engineering teams.
- Practical ownership mindset, including simplifying complexity, making sound tradeoffs, and following through on reliability and user outcomes.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with finance, ERP, MRP, MES, PLM, warehouse management, procurement, or supply-chain applications.
- Experience building auditable systems in a controlled environment, including segregation of duties and SOX-aligned controls.
- Interest in responsibly using automation and AI-assisted capabilities to improve business workflows and engineering productivity.
- Passion for Snap products and for building tools that help teams do their best work.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, test, deploy, and operate secure, scalable web applications and services for Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Operations teams.
- Own features across the full stack, including user experience, data models, APIs, business logic, integrations, automated testing, and observability.
- Develop reliable integrations among ERP, MRP, MES, PLM, warehouse, procurement, finance, and analytics platforms using APIs, events, and batch processing at scale.
- Partner with product managers and business stakeholders to understand processes, challenge assumptions, define requirements, and deliver measurable outcomes.
- Improve system performance and resilience through monitoring, alerting, service-level objectives, capacity planning, and incident response.
- Promote engineering quality through design reviews, code reviews, automated tests, CI/CD, documentation, and pragmatic technical standards.
- Share knowledge, mentor teammates, and contribute to an inclusive, high-ownership engineering culture.
Benefits
- Paid parental leave.
- Comprehensive medical coverage.
- Emotional and mental health support programs.
- Compensation packages that allow employees to share in Snap’s long-term success.
- Equity in the form of RSUs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
