Software Engineer, Snap
C++
$209-313k
+ RSUs
4+ days a week in office
Social media & camera company
Be an early applicant
Social media & camera company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$209-313k
+ RSUs
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 experience using C++ for low-level language features and implementations
- Familiarity with Bazel or similar build tools
- Strong grasp of engineering fundamentals as well as mobile development
- Proficiency with performance optimization techniques
- Strong CS fundamentals (algorithms and data structures) and problem-solving skills
- Knowledge of software design patterns and best practices
- BS/BA in a technical field such as Computer Science or equivalent experience
- 6+ years of experience working in Software Development roles
Desirable
- Experience developing for desktop, mobile, or web using C++ or TypeScript
- Experience with declarative UI frameworks (e.g. React Native)
- Experience with low level graphics
- Experience with performance optimization
What the job involves
- Our team is building a next generation cross-platform UI development framework that’s transforming the way Snap builds and releases its products across Android, iOS, and web
- Our tools simplify client development, making it faster and easier to deliver highly performant and graphically rich experiences simultaneously across multiple platforms
- This is a unique opportunity to join a team that’s solving challenging problems at the cutting edge of client development
- Our team is collaborative, supportive, and passionate about enabling new customer experiences through platform innovation
- We’re looking for a senior engineer with experience in build systems, compilers, and programming languages
- You’ll be responsible for improving the performance and overall developer experience of our cross-platform framework!
- Develop and refine build, debug, and performance tools for Snap’s cross-platform framework
- Work closely with our client infrastructure engineers on build systems that quickly identify and automatically triage run-time performance and quality issues
- Identify and lead improvements to the compilation and performance of our cross-platform framework
- Evaluate technical tradeoffs of every decision and collaborate with other engineers on the best development practices
- Perform code reviews that guarantee code quality and raise the bar for development
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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