Software Engineer, Snap
C++
4+ days a week in office
Social media & camera company
Open for applications
Social media & camera company
1001+ employees
Open for applications
4+ days a week in office
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
- Strong knowledge in C++
- Strong understanding of API design
- Ability to understand, debug and improve existing code
- Strong communications and interpersonal skills
- Bachelor's Degree in a relevant technical field or equivalent years of experience
- Proficiency in programming C and C++ on Linux-based platforms
- Experience with debuggers, build systems, and version control systems (git)
- 4+ years of software development experience
Desirable
- Experience writing developer facing APIs
- Experience building IDEs and developer tooling
- Experience working with high performance rendering engines
- Experience working on embedded systems
What the job involves
- In this role, you will be working on client-side solutions that tie together graphics, computer vision, machine learning, and developer tools
- Working in London, you’ll be collaborating closely with Snap hardware and software teams around the world, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in AR
- Create developer-facing APIs and tools that enable teams to build envelope-pushing experiences on Spectacles
- Implement and maintain software running on AR glasses in a compute-constrained embedded environment
- Work together with our cross-functional engineering and research teams in software engineering, computer vision, machine learning and graphics to write software for SnapOS, the operating system for Spectacles
Salary benchmarks
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.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-9% employee growth in 12 months
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 HQ
Sunset Park, Santa Monica, CA
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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