Manager, Software Engineering, Core Infrastructure

Snap•Bellevue, NE

21h•Hybrid

About The Position

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. The Company operates Snapchat , a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world, and Specs Inc. , a wholly-owned subsidiary dedicated to making computing more human, in addition to Bitmoji , Saturn, and other digital services. We're looking for a Software Engineering Manager to lead a Core Infrastructure team, which is part of the broader Platform Engineering organization. The team builds and owns platform systems to manage Compute infrastructure for all Snap backends. Our systems are widely adopted and power critical Snap verticals like Ads, Content Feed, Messaging, Story Posting, Media Delivery, Memories, and ML Platform. at the internet scale. This is a hands-on role, requiring strong technical background, ability to actively contribute to team's technical strategy and direction, participate in design discussions, and guide the team through complex technical challenges. You can learn more about what we do from our blog post !

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 the 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