Quality Engineer, Level 4

Snap Inc. • Los Angeles, CA

1d • $133,000 - $235,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Snap Inc. is hiring a Quality Engineer to help deliver new experiences through its Ad Client team, which develops and scales video and display advertising experiences across the mobile ad lifecycle. The role focuses on end-to-end user experiences that span multiple teams and surfaces, prioritizing high-risk journeys, release readiness, and non-functional qualities such as accessibility, compatibility, privacy, and compliance. The Quality Engineer will help shape how the team approaches quality as it moves from embedded feature-by-feature testing toward broader experience ownership.

The position involves defining test strategies for new features and premium experiences, building and maintaining high-signal automation for critical paths, and partnering with developers and adjacent teams to clarify ownership and manage quality risks at integration points. The engineer will diagnose defects, drive root-cause analysis and resolution, use AI effectively in engineering workflows, review code and tests, own release sign-off for their domain, and participate in on-call rotations.

Snap follows a “default together” approach, expecting team members to work in an office at least four days per week. The position offers U.S. base salary ranges that vary by pay zone: $157,000–$235,000 in Zone A, $149,000–$223,000 in Zone B, and $133,000–$200,000 in Zone C. The position is also eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.

Requirements

• Proficiency in object-oriented programming using Java, Kotlin, Swift, Objective-C, or a similar language.
• Experience with client or mobile test automation frameworks such as XCTest/XCUITest, Selenium WebDriver, Appium, or Espresso.
• Extensive experience defining, building, and maintaining test coverage for client or mobile applications across smartphones and tablets.
• Deep understanding of quality-related agile methodologies and experience applying them throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Hands-on experience using AI in an engineering workflow, with judgment about where AI is useful and where human validation is needed.
• Proficiency with quality engineering and software development tools, including test management tools, version control, issue tracking, and debugging tools; examples include TestRail, GitHub, Jira, Chrome DevTools, Charles Proxy, and Postman.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including whiteboarding or diagramming system behavior.
• Demonstrated analytical thinking, reporting, leadership, customer focus, and collaboration.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical field such as computer science, or equivalent practical work experience.
• At least 3 years of post-bachelor’s experience in software testing and/or software development; alternatively, a technical master’s degree plus at least 2 years of post-graduate experience, or a PhD in a relevant technical field.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in a distributed product-team environment.
• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and/or Google Cloud.
• Experience with continuous integration and delivery systems.

Responsibilities

• Own quality for end-to-end Ad Client experiences spanning multiple teams, prioritizing the highest-risk user journeys.
• Independently define and drive test strategies for new, unreleased features and premium experiences.
• Define, build, and maintain high-signal automation for critical paths and end-to-end flows, including device and OS compatibility, accessibility, privacy, compliance, and localization.
• Enable feature developers to own feature-level test coverage.
• Diagnose and debug defects, perform root-cause analysis, document findings, collaborate on triage, and champion bug resolution.
• Use AI to accelerate engineering work and improve efficiency while applying sound judgment and human validation where appropriate.
• Own release readiness and quality sign-off for the feature domain and participate in on-call rotations.
• Review code and test pull requests across platforms to raise quality.
• Partner with adjacent and dependency teams to map cross-team dependencies, surface integration risks, and align on quality ownership across surfaces.

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior