Manager, Solutions Engineering

Snap•Santa Monica, CA

1d•$195,000 - $343,000•Onsite

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’s three core products are Snapchat , a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world; Lens Studio , an augmented reality platform that powers AR across Snapchat and other services; and its AR glasses, Spectacles . Snap Engineering teams build fun and technically sophisticated products that reach hundreds of millions of Snapchatters around the world, every day. We’re deeply committed to the well-being of everyone in our global community, which is why our values are at the root of everything we do. We move fast, with precision, and always execute with privacy at the forefront. The Revenue Product team drives innovation and performance across our advertising platform, empowering businesses to achieve success and measurable growth through advertising on Snap. Our team combines Ads Product Management, Product Marketing, Marketing Science and Measurement, and Solutions Engineering to build solutions that deliver impactful results for advertisers. We ensure Snap's ad products are effective, efficient, and customer-centric, enabling businesses to connect meaningfully with our global community. We're looking for a Manager of Solutions Engineering to join Snap!

Requirements

Ability to work with open source technologies
Ability to mentor and provide guidance to more junior team members
Expertise in debugging and troubleshooting complex, distributed systems, anticipating and resolving critical performance bottlenecks.
Strong ability to lead collaboration across multiple teams, driving alignment on technical strategies and delivery goals.
Analytical thinking to proactively address systemic challenges and propose impactful improvements.
Leadership in cross-functional collaboration, influencing Snap’s technical roadmap and aligning teams around shared objectives.
Strategic analytical thinking to identify opportunities for platform-wide optimization and new feature development.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills and ability to articulate technical concepts to diverse audiences, including cross-functional teams and external partners.
Bachelors in a technical field such as Computer Science or equivalent experience
8+ years of experience working in software engineering
1+ years of experience managing or leading a team
Experience coding, building applications and APIs/SDKs for internal and external developers.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in computer science or computer engineering
Experience working with cross functional stakeholders to define business requirements and product roadmaps
Experience working with large SaaS, PaaS and cloud platforms and building applications for third-party marketplaces

Responsibilities

Build new products and improve existing ones
Collaborate with Snap product engineering teams and cross functional partners to meet business needs
Understand and apply deep knowledge of products, technologies, and business to build solutions to solve for problems at scale
Design and build end-to-end systems and launch-plan strategies
Use broad range of technical and soft skills to build productive relationships with partners and independently resolve complex technical and business needs while contributing to partner documentation
Apply expertise and product insight to deliver high-quality project/integration/partner engagements, while influencing product roadmap to meet the business needs
Write and ship reliable, scalable, and efficient code
Build and improve solutions in collaboration with engineering, product, and cross functional partners
Identify and surface insights using metrics on product usage to increase adoption and provide new solutions that address the needs of partners
Work with partners to develop a long-term strategic plan, grounded on business objectives, and manage partners during integrations with Snap’s platform products and ensure value creation