Snap Inc. · 22 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer, Growth Notifications, Level 6
Los Angeles, California
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$229K/yr - $343K/yr
9+ years expSnap Inc. is a technology company that empowers people to express themselves and communicate through innovative products. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to design and implement backend services for their growth notification platform, focusing on user engagement and retention through effective communication channels.
Computer Software
Responsibilities
Design, implement, and operate highly available backend services that power Snapchat’s growth notification platform across multiple communication channels, serving hundreds of millions of users
Own the end-to-end architecture for Snap’s Growth Notification systems, with a focus on reliability, observability, cost efficiency, and sustainable DAU/MAU and retention impact
Lead technical direction for the Growth Notifications team: define multi‑quarter roadmaps, make high‑quality architectural decisions, and drive large, ambiguous projects from concept through launch and iteration
Collaborate across teams to integrate upstream signals and downstream use cases into a coherent, scalable growth notifications platform
Advocate for and apply best practices in distributed systems, including SLIs/SLOs, incident management, cost management, and safe, iterative delivery in a high‑leverage, DAU‑critical system
Qualification
Required
9+ years of post-Bachelor's software development experience; or a Master's degree in a technical field + 8+ year of post-grad software development experience; or a PhD in a related technical field + 5+ years of post-grad software development experience
Demonstrated track record of building and operating reliable, scalable services in cloud technologies with a strong focus on observability, cost efficiency, and incident response
Experience designing, building, and operating backend services or distributed systems at significant scale
Proven track record of owning highly-available, mission‑critical systems, including on‑call participation, incident response, and driving systemic fixes
Ability to set technical vision and lead complex, cross‑functional initiatives over multiple quarters, balancing architectural quality, reliability, and product velocity
Strong foundation in system design (APIs, data models, storage, pub/sub, queues, and workflow orchestration) and performance/latency optimization
Deep experience with observability (metrics, logging, tracing, dashboards) and using data to debug, harden, and evolve large-scale systems
Excellent collaboration and communication skills; able to work effectively with Product, DS, ML, Design, and other engineering teams to align on requirements and trade‑offs
Ability to mentor and uplevel engineers, provide clear technical guidance, and create structures that make the team more effective over time
Preferred
Experience with one or more of: Java, Go, C++, and/or Python
Experience with NoSQL data stores, caches (e.g., Memcache/Redis), and cloud services (Google Cloud, AWS, or similar)
Experience with pub/sub and task‑queue systems (e.g., Kafka, Google Pub/Sub, Cloud Tasks, or internal equivalents) in high‑throughput environments
Experience with notification, messaging, growth, or experimentation platforms, including ranking, targeting, and A/B testing at scale
Demonstrated ability to lead technical strategy for a team or domain, influencing architecture, reliability, and long‑term roadmaps across multiple teams
Benefits
Paid parental leave
Comprehensive medical coverage
Emotional and mental health support programs
Compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success
This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.
Company
Snap Inc.
Snap is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate.
5001-10000 employees
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