Staff Software Engineer, Snap
Backend, Ad Marketplace
$229-343k
+ RSU's
4 days a week in office
Social media & camera company
Be an early applicant
Social media & camera company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$229-343k
+ RSU's
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
- Proficiency with backend services or distributed systems
- Strong understanding of at least one of the following domains: auction, real-time bidding, budget pacing, delivery forecasts, pricing, and supply optimization
- Ability to tackle large and complex technical challenges, come up with innovative solutions and land them with XFN partners
- BS/BA degree in a technical field such as Computer Science or equivalent years of experience
- 9+ years of software development experience, with a focus on building large-scale, distributed systems
- Experience with Java and/or Python
- Experience in at least one of the ads lifecycle components including targeting, retrieval, ranking, bidding, auction, delivery and measurement
Desirable
- Experience in one of the following areas: machine learning, backend, large-scale systems, data pipeline
- Good product sense and prior experience designing and launching product features
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Software Engineer to join the Ad Marketplace team at Snap Inc! The Ad Marketplace team is responsible for developing and optimizing bidding, pacing and auction mechanisms for Snap’s advertising ecosystem
- As a key member of this team, you will work on cutting-edge technologies to drive revenue growth and enhance user experiences
- Develop and maintain high-performance systems for real-time bidding, ad serving and auction systems
- Optimize bidding and pacing algorithms to improve advertiser ROI
- Design scalable and optimal auction mechanisms to adapt to dynamic market conditions and drive revenue growth
- Build new ad products and strategies to simplify ad buying experience and maximize advertiser values
- Closely work with Product Managers, Data scientists and XFN stakeholders to develop marketplace strategies balancing long and short term business objectives
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 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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