Software Engineer, Backend – Level 5
Snap Inc.
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Los Angeles • California • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $209,000 - $313,000 per year
About the role
- Design, implement, and operate our most critical and scalable services - ranging from user identity services, friend graph, and our core persistence layer
- Work across teams to understand product requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver the solutions needed to build innovative products
- Evaluate, appropriately test, and debug your work, striving for high quality
- Advocate for and apply best practices when it comes to availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in a relevant technical field such as computer science or equivalent years of practical work experience
- 6+ years of post-Bachelor’s software development experience; or Master’s degree in a technical field + 5+ year of post-grad software development experience; or PhD in a relevant technical field + 2+ years of post-grad software development experience
- Experience with distributed systems
- Experience with Java, C++, and/or Python
- Experience with NoSQL solutions, Memcache/Redis, Kubernetes, or Google/AWS services
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!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
software developmentdistributed systemsJavaC++PythonNoSQL solutionsMemcacheRedisKubernetesGoogle Cloud
Soft skills
collaborationproblem-solvingdebuggingquality assuranceadvocacy for best practices
Certifications
Bachelor's DegreeMaster's DegreePhD