Engineering Manager, Snap
Communications Platform Team
$222-333k
+ RSUs.
Social media & camera company
Open for applications
Social media & camera company
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$222-333k
+ RSUs.
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.
Role
Who you are
- Experience working with Search infrastructure and retrieval systems
- Strong product mindset
- Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to lead and execute large, complex technical initiatives
- BS/BA in a technical field such as Computer Science or equivalent experience 6
- 2+ years managing teams of software engineers
- 7+ years of experience working in software engineering
- Experience with large scale distributed systems and data pipelines
- Experience with backends that power mobile apps
Desirable
- 10+ years of experience working in software engineering
- Experience with product development in the growth space
What the job involves
- 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
- Some core features we build and maintain include Snapchat’s Camera, Creative Tools, Maps, Chat, Memories, Stories, Discover, Games, and Minis
- Our Infrastructure teams deliver an innovative and cost-efficient platform that ensures Snapchat is the fastest way to communicate with your friends, no matter where you are in the world
- We have one of the fastest growing digital ad platforms, and our Monetization teams drive measurable returns for advertisers through novel ad formats like Augmented Reality
- As a Snap Engineering team member, you’ll help us build the future of communication
- We're looking for an Engineering Manager to join Snap and lead our Search Product team!
- Create and manage cross-platform (iOS, Android, Backend) product and engineering roadmaps for the core user acquisition experiences across Snapchat
- Influence key decisions and tradeoffs on architecture and implementation of scalable, reliable, and cost-effective engineering solutions
- Collaborate with leaders and executives across Snap to deliver the highest quality for our product
- Closely collaborate with PMs in order to translate product requirements into technical designs, which are then turned into engineering roadmaps
- Build and grow a team of exceptional software engineers and technical leaders and be a strong technical mentor
Our take
Snap is the social media giant that owns Snapchat, a social media mobile app released in 2011. Created to serve as a more emotive communication form than texting, the app has gained mass popularity, reaching upwards of 400 million daily users worldwide.
After rejecting a billion dollar acquisition from Meta (then Facebook) in 2013, Snap has found itself in competition with the social media giant, particularly with Instagram. Despite this, the company has marked a place for itself in the ever competitive social media space through developing features like a Discover tab, augmented reality lenses, in-app games, ads and monetisation options, as well as launching its paid service, Snapchat+.
Snap has so far not earned an annual profit since going public in 2017, but as Snapchat's user base has continually increased it has nearly closed the gap. Like other tech companies it suffered in late 2022 due to a surprise drop in advertising revenue, but has been rebuilding to its former trajectory since then. Given Snapchat's lasting popularity amongst young people, further success appears likely.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
May 2016
$1.8bn
SERIES F
Mar 2015
$200m
SERIES E
Total funding: $2.6bn
Company benefits
- Paid maternity, paternity and family caregiver leave
- Adoption, surrogacy, infertility and fertility preservation benefits
- Backup child care coverage, caregiver assistance and digital maternity care support
- Short-term disability, long-term disability, life insurance and AD&D insurance
- Comprehensive medical coverage, including PPO, HSA and HMO options
- Dental coverage, including orthodontia benefits
- Vision coverage, including LASIK benefits
- Gym perks and discounts
- Team fitness classes, hikes and races
- Sports leagues
- Cooking and nutritional workshops
- Generous time off and leave programmes
- Meditation and yoga classes
- Emotional and mental health support programmes and apps
- Social gatherings, team outings and volunteering programmes
- Speaker series, classes and subscriptions to educational programmes
- Snap Inc. provides a 401(k) plan that allows you to save on a pre-tax, Roth and after-tax basis for your retirement (yes, we even have the Mega Backdoor option!)
- Rocket Lawyer memberships
- Financial education programmes
- Compensation packages that let you share in Snap's long-term success!
- Have a teammate going through a tough time? Lend them a hand through our internal Snap-a-wish programme! We'll work hard to make sure they get the support they need.
Company values
- We Are Kind - We solve problems through action, make high-quality decisions and think with a strategic mindset
- We Are Smart - We solve problems through action, make high-quality decisions and think with a strategic mindset
- We Are Creative - We gracefully manage ambiguity, cultivate innovation and demonstrate an insatiable desire to learn
Company HQ
Sunset Park, Santa Monica, CA
Articles
Leadership
Evan Spiegel
(CEO)Graduated from Standford with a BS in Product Design.
Bobby Murphy
(CTO)Studied Mathematical and Computational Science at Stanford.
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