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Snap Inc.

Software Engineer, Backend, Level 5

Snap Inc.

Backend Engineer at Snap Inc. designing, implementing, and operating critical scalable services.

Posted 5/28/2026full-timeBellevue • California, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $209,000 - $313,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AWSDistributed SystemsJavaKubernetesNoSQLPythonRedis

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • 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
  • Utilize AI tools and high velocity engineering workflows to design and ship scalable services while upholding rigorous standards for code correctness, security, and production ready quality code

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 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
  • Proven track record of operating highly-available systems at significant scale
  • Experience with Java, C++, and/or Python
  • Experience with NoSQL solutions, Memcache/Redis, Kubernetes, or Google/AWS services
  • Ability to collaborate and work well with others
  • Proficiency in, or a strong aptitude for, leveraging AI tools to streamline development
  • Adaptability in learning and applying evolving AI systems and tools to remain at the forefront of engineering trends and modern development practices.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • paid parental leave
  • comprehensive medical coverage
  • emotional and mental health support programs
  • compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!

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Hard Skills & Tools
software developmentdistributed systemsJavaC++PythonNoSQLMemcacheRedisKubernetesAI tools
Soft Skills
collaborationadaptabilityproblem-solvingcommunicationteamworkleadershipcritical thinkingattention to detailoperational excellencecost management
Certifications
Bachelor's DegreeMaster's DegreePhD