Staff Software Engineer, Snap
Content Relevance
$222-333k
This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs
Social media & camera company
Posted today
Social media & camera company
1001+ employees
Posted today
$222-333k
This position is eligible for equity in the form of 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
- BS/BA degree in a technical field such as Computer Science or equivalent years of experience
- 9+ years of software development experience
- 3+ years experience working with distributed Ranking / Recommendation applications in production
Desirable
- Deep knowledge and experience in recommendation system development life cycles
- Deep Expertise in one or more of the following areas: Retrieval Systems, ML Feature Management and Serving Systems, Vector Database (ANN), Online Ranking and Marketplace Systems, etc
What the job involves
- The Content Relevance Team is responsible for building state-of-the-art content recommendation systems to power Snapchat’s Content products including Friend Story, Discover Feed and Spotlight. Snap’s content product is one of the world’s largest content products and is growing rapidly
- We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer with deep knowledge about large-scale Recommendation systems, and preferably with relevant experience from building Content/Ads/Search products
- This Engineering Lead will optimize and design key components of our Content Delivery & Recommendation stack, which includes Indexing, Retrieval, Feature Management, Feature Serving, Online ML/Ranking System, Marketplace, etc
- The engineer will drive technical direction for the team to solve the top challenges described above
- We also expect the staff engineer to coach the rest of team members technically, and collaborate with XFN partners
- Drive technical direction for the team in building large-scale content delivery and recommendation systems
- Identify opportunities by leveraging deep knowledge in content recommendation and ML / Ranking systems
- Coach the rest of team members and grow them technically
- Deep knowledge about large-scale recommendation and ML/Ranking systems
- Proven track record of operating highly-available systems at significant scale
- Retrieval Systems (Indexing, Retrieval, ANN Embedding Based Retrieval System)
- Large-scale ML Feature Management & Serving
- Online Ranking Serving System (ML Inference, Ranking, Marketplace)
- Full-stack Ranking Backend Generalists with Prior Experience in Large-scale Consumer Products
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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