Snap Inc.: Innovating Interaction Through Visual Messaging

Snap Inc., a technology company focused on visual communication, is seeking a Backend Engineer to join its Bitmoji team. The company emphasizes its commitment to improving how peopel live and communicate through its core products: Snapchat, Lens Studio, and Spectacles.

Snapchat, the company’s flagship product, is described as a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world. Lens Studio serves as an augmented reality platform, and Spectacles are the company’s AR glasses.

The Snap Engineering teams are responsible for building and maintaining the products used daily by hundreds of millions of Snapchatters globally. The company states that our values are at the root of everything we do and emphasizes speed, precision, and privacy in its operations.

The Role: Backend engineer on the Bitmoji team

The Backend Engineer will be a crucial part of the Bitmoji team, focusing on the digital identities used daily by Snapchat users. Bitmoji avatars allow users to express themselves and communicate in the digital world in ways that words alone cannot.

Responsibilities:

• design, implement, and operate critical and scalable services, including user identity services, freind graph, and the core persistence layer.
• Collaborate across teams to understand product requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver solutions for innovative products.
• Evaluate, test, and debug work, striving for high quality.
• Advocate for and apply best practices for availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management.

Skills and Qualifications

Candidates should possess a strong foundation in backend services and distributed systems, with a proven track record of operating highly available systems at scale.

Essential Skills:

• Experience with backend services or distributed systems.
• Proven track record of operating highly-available systems at significant scale.
• Ability to independently execute on medium-sized features, taking a few weeks and multiple PRs to complete.
• Understanding of the operational aspects of systems and participation in incident or hotfix inquiry and resolution.
• Ability to collaborate and work well with others.

technical Expertise in One or More of the Following Areas:

• Large-scale microservices and distributed systems.
• Cloud computing and storage systems.
• Infrastructure and large-scale system design.
• Security.
• Networking and data storage.
• Machine learning and natural language processing tools.

Minimum and Preferred Qualifications

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

snap Inc. emphasizes its commitment to diversity and inclusion, stating:

At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer…
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The company affirms its dedication to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religion, origin, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, or veteran status, in accordance with applicable laws.

Snap Inc.’s “Default Together” Policy

Snap Inc. has implemented a Default Together policy, requiring team members to work in the office 4+ days per week. The company believes that in-person collaboration helps build culture, reinforce values, and better serve the community, customers, and partners.

At Snap Inc. we believe that being together in person helps us build our culture faster,reinforce our values,and serve our community,customers and partners better through dynamic collaboration. To reflect this,we practice a “default together” approach and expect our team members to work in an office 4+ days per week.
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Employee Benefits

Snap Inc. offers a extensive benefits package designed to support employees’ well-being. These benefits include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that allow employees to share in Snap’s long-term success.

More details about employee benefits can be found on the Snap Inc. careers page.

Accommodation for applicants with Disabilities

Snap Inc. encourages applicants with disabilities or special needs to request accommodations during the submission process. Information can be provided through a dedicated online form.