Manager, Software Engineering, Core Infrastructure
About The Position
Snap Inc is looking for a Software Engineering Manager to lead a Core Infrastructure team within the Platform Engineering organization. This team is responsible for building and owning platform systems that manage Compute infrastructure for all Snap backends. These systems are critical and power various Snap verticals such as Ads, Content Feed, Messaging, Story Posting, Media Delivery, Memories, and ML Platform at an internet scale. This role requires a hands-on approach, a strong technical background, the ability to contribute to the team's technical strategy and direction, participate in design discussions, and guide the team through complex technical challenges.
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 with distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure technologies.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with driving large scale initiatives from ideation to completion.
- Track record of delivery in rapidly changing, highly collaborative, multi-stakeholder environments.
- Experience with Ops-heavy backend systems/services.
- Experience with microservices architecture, and Kubernetes containerize applications.
Responsibilities
- Manage and mentor a team of backend and full-stack developers in a fast-paced, quick-to-market environment.
- 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 (RSUs)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
