Manager, Software Engineering, Core Infra
Snap Inc.•Palo Alto, CA
•$195,000 - $343,000•Hybrid
About The Position
The Core Infrastructure team is looking for a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead the platform that powers Snap's critical Storage & Caching Infrastructure. We build and operate the platform that provisions, scales, rightsizes, and manages the lifecycle of storage and caching systems serving Snap's most critical workloads. This is a unique opportunity to shape Snap's storage and caching strategy as we scale to meet the demands of an AI-first world. If you're passionate about distributed systems, infrastructure at massive scale, and building platforms that power the business, we'd love to hear from you.
Requirements
- Background with building high availability and mission critical systems
- Experience with leading an engineering team
- Ability leading and executing large, complex technical initiatives
- 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+ year of post-grad software development experience; or a PhD in a related technical field + 3+ years of post-grad software development experience
- 1+ years of experience managing a team of engineers
- Experience building large scale distributed systems
- Experience with big data processing and pipelines.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with the driving large scale initiatives from ideation to completion
- Track record of delivery in rapidly changing, highly collaborative, multi-stakeholder environments
- Experience with Hadoop, Hive, Trino, BigQuery, and Spark
Responsibilities
- Manage and mentor a team of backend and full-stack developers, in a fast-paced, quick-to-market environment
- Build infrastructure for data processing at Snap with large scale distributed systems.
- Set the strategy, build a roadmap, create measurable goals, and lead your team to deliver
- Collaborate with Product, Operation, Data Science and Engineering teams, and executive stakeholders
- Evaluate the technical tradeoffs of major decisions and be a strong technical mentor
- Hire, grow and retain high-performing team members
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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
