Job Description
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 operates Snapchat a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends family and the world and Specs Inc. a wholly-owned subsidiary dedicated to making computing more human in addition to Bitmoji Saturn and other digital services.
We’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join the Platform Engineering team!
Platform Engineering builds the tools frameworks and internal platforms that help engineers at Snap develop high-quality software in a fast development cycle with a strong focus on quality developer productivity and operational excellence. In this role you’ll help build the next generation of AI-powered testing tools and infrastructure across Snapchat’s mobile apps and multi-cloud backend services including agent harnesses evaluation systems Temporal-based workflows and telemetry-driven debugging capabilities. You’ll work across teams to turn product and engineering needs into scalable platforms that reduce manual work surface regressions earlier in CI/CD and make it easier for engineers to ship reliable software faster.
What you’ll do:
Build and own agent harnesses and testing infrastructure—tool design prompt engineering context management and output evaluation—to drive functional and load testing across Snapchat's mobile apps and multi-cloud backend services
Push AI-native engineering practices across the team: writing reusable skills standing up looped and scheduled agents building MCP tools and offloading ops work (deploys log triage JIRA updates) to agents instead of doing it by hand
Architect Temporal-based workflows and services that speed up detection of bugs and regressions in the CI/CD pipeline applying async Python workflow determinism constraints and typed dataclass-driven design
Build the telemetry and evaluation layer that makes agent behavior measurable—writing non-trivial BigQuery SQL reasoning about mobile telemetry (Blizzard-style events client vs. server timestamps sampling) and turning raw logs into actionable hypotheses
Work across teams to understand product requirements evaluate trade-offs and deliver the solutions needed to ship innovative products
Advocate for and apply best practices around availability scalability operational excellence and cost management
Be part of a passionate team building the next generation of Snapchat's AI-powered testing tools and infrastructure
Knowledge Skills & Abilities:
Experience designing building and operating backend services or distributed systems at significant scale.
Proven track record of owning highly-available mission‑critical systems including on‑call participation incident response and driving systemic fixes.
Ability to set technical vision and lead complex cross‑functional initiatives over multiple quarters balancing architectural quality reliability and product velocity.
Strong foundation in system design (APIs data models storage pub/sub queues and workflow orchestration) and performance/latency optimization.
Deep experience with observability (metrics logging tracing dashboards) and using data to debug harden and evolve large-scale systems.
Excellent collaboration and communication skills; able to work effectively with Product DS ML Design and other engineering teams to align on requirements and trade‑offs.
Ability to mentor and uplevel engineers provide clear technical guidance and create structures that make the team more effective over time
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
9+ years of software development experience; or Master’s degree with 8+ years of experience; or PhD with 5+ years of experience
Experience acting as a technical lead domain expert or owner of complex technical initiatives
Experience building backend systems or distributed systems in production environments
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with Java Go Python C++ or similar backend languages
Experience with large-scale microservices cloud infrastructure storage systems or platform architecture
Experience with Kubernetes containerized systems data infrastructure or service platforms
Experience with developer tooling CI/CD internal platforms or engineering productivity systems
Experience building AI developer tools coding assistants eval systems or workflow automation for engineers
Experience driving multi-year technical direction for a platform or infrastructure area
Track record of delivering large-scale high-impact technical work across team boundaries
If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation please don’t be shy and provide us some information.
"Default Together" Policy at Snap: 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.
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 and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race religious creed color national origin ancestry physical disability mental disability medical condition genetic information marital status sex gender gender identity gender expression pregnancy childbirth and breastfeeding age sexual orientation military or veteran status or any other protected classification in accordance with applicable federal state and local laws. EOE including disability/vets.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law (by example the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring where applicable).
Our Benefits: Snap Inc. is its own community so we’ve got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid parental leave comprehensive medical coverage emotional and mental health support programs and compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!
Compensation
In the United States work locations are assigned a pay zone which determines the salary range for the position. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills experience qualifications work location and market conditions. The starting pay may be negotiable within the salary range for the position. These pay zones may be modified in the future.
Zone A (CA WA NYC):
The base salary range for this position is $229000-$343000 annually.
Zone B:
The base salary range for this position is $218000-$326000 annually.Zone C:
The base salary range for this position is $195000-$292000 annually.This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience
- 9+ years of software development experience (or Master's with 8+ PhD with 5+)
- Experience acting as a technical lead domain expert or owner of complex technical initiatives
- Experience building backend systems or distributed systems in production environments
- Experience designing building and operating backend services or distributed systems at significant scale
- Proven track record of owning highly-available mission‑critical systems including on‑call participation and incident response
- Strong foundation in system design and performance/latency optimization
- Deep experience with observability (metrics logging tracing dashboards) and using data to debug large-scale systems
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills
- Ability to mentor and uplevel engineers and provide clear technical guidance
- Experience with Java Go Python or C++
- Experience with large-scale microservices cloud infrastructure storage systems or platform architecture
- Experience with Kubernetes and containerized systems
- Experience with developer tooling CI/CD internal platforms or engineering productivity systems
- Experience building AI developer tools coding assistants eval systems or workflow automation for engineers
- Experience driving multi-year technical direction for a platform or infrastructure area
What the Team is Saying
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Snap Inc. Compensation & Benefits Highlights
How does Snap Inc. ensure its pay and bonus plans are competitive?
Snap supports competitive pay through a total rewards model that combines salary equity performance bonuses retirement contributions financial wellness benefits and regular benchmarking against industry standards.
- Total rewards include cash equity and bonuses: Snap offers total rewards packages that let employees share in the company’s long-term success with company equity performance bonuses and relocation assistance included. The company also offers a 401(k) match of 100 percent up to 3 percent of employee contributions and 50 percent on the fourth and fifth percent with immediate vesting and a Mega Backdoor Roth option. (Snap Inc. Benefits Overview; Snap Benefits)
- Benefits are benchmarked against the market: Snap reported that its benefits ranked near the 90th percentile versus industry benchmarks reflecting investment in health coverage mental health support family benefits backup care financial wellness and time-off programs. Snap’s total rewards approach extends beyond base pay and bonuses to include healthcare leave retirement matching equity and family-support benefits that can meaningfully affect employees’ overall compensation and well-being.
- Sales teams connect rewards to measurable outcomes: In sales a director-level client partner said Snap sets clear outcome expectations and makes performance metrics available in real time through Salesforce and internal dashboards. He said that transparency creates accountability without micromanagement while giving sales reps autonomy in how they execute — a useful signal for bonus or incentive environments where employees need to understand what success looks like.
- Financial wellness is part of the package: Snap’s benefits include financial education programs flexible spending accounts for healthcare daycare and commuter expenses a health savings account with employer contributions and Rocket Lawyer memberships. These offerings go beyond paychecks by supporting employees’ financial planning and everyday expenses.
- External signals:
- Strong Employee Sentiment: Employees on external review sites highlight Snap’s compensation benefits career growth smart coworkers supportive teams and strong workplace culture. (Glassdoor; Comparably)
- Positive Outlook: Employee comments describe Snap as offering “great pay and benefits” and “career growth.” (Glassdoor)
- Top-Rated Culture: External sites report Snap is rated highly by 710 employees with employees most satisfied with compensation. (Comparably)
Benefits and Rewards: Employee reviews on external sites report Snap’s total rewards rank in the top 5 percent of similar-sized companies with 82 percent of responding employees saying they believe they are paid fairly. (Comparably)
Bottom line: Snap’s total compensation combines equity performance bonuses retirement matching and market-benchmarked benefits with clear performance visibility giving employees multiple ways to share in the company’s success and understand how their work connects to rewards.
Snap Inc. Insights
What We Do
We contribute to human progress by empowering people to express themselves live in the moment learn about the world and have fun together.
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Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Our “default together” approach is an 80/20 model where we are asking team members to spend 80% of the time on average in the office with the remaining 20% of the time spent remote.
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Date Posted
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