Staff Software Engineer, Ads Platform, Level 6

Snap Inc.•Los Angeles, NC

13d•$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. We’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join the Ads Platform team at Snap. What you’ll do: Build the next generation ads formats and backend infrastructure and solutions to deliver more clicks and conversion and value for advertisers. Work end-to-end across innovating new ads product, format ideas, or infrastructure ideas experimentation, analysis and optimization Work across teams to understand product requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver the solutions needed to build innovative products or services Advocate for and apply best practices when it comes to availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management Provide technical direction that influences the entire company Work across teams to understand product requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver the solutions needed to support Snap’s performance advertising suite Technical influence that spans the entire company

Requirements

Excellent programming and software design skills, including debugging, performance analysis, and test design
Proven track record of operating highly-available systems at scale
Ability to proactively learn new concepts and technology and apply them at work
Skilled at solving ambiguous problems
Strong collaboration and mentorship skills
Ads domain expertise and a strong interest in Ads
Bachelor's Degree in a relevant technical field such as computer science or equivalent years of practical work experience
9+ years of post-Bachelor’s software development experience; or a Master’s degree in a technical field + 8+ year of post-grad software development experience; or a PhD in a related technical field + 5+ years of post-grad software development experience
2+ years of experience with technical leadership or acting as the domain-expert to a

Nice To Haves

Experience in technical leadership/ownership and setting technical direction for engineering projects
Proven track record of delivering large scale projects in attribution and measurement
Experience operating highly-available systems at significant scale
Experience with backend services or distributed systems
Ads domain experience

Responsibilities

Build the next generation ads formats and backend infrastructure and solutions to deliver more clicks and conversion and value for advertisers.
Work end-to-end across innovating new ads product, format ideas, or infrastructure ideas experimentation, analysis and optimization
Work across teams to understand product requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver the solutions needed to build innovative products or services
Advocate for and apply best practices when it comes to availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management
Provide technical direction that influences the entire company
Work across teams to understand product requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver the solutions needed to support Snap’s performance advertising suite
Technical influence that spans the entire company