Staff Solutions Engineer, Level 6

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.

The Company operates Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world, and Specs Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary dedicated to making computing more human, in addition to Bitmoji, Saturn, and other digital services.

Snap Engineering teams build fun and technically sophisticated products that reach hundreds of millions of Snapchatters around the world, every day. We’re deeply committed to the well-being of everyone in our global community, which is why our values are at the root of everything we do. We move fast, with precision, and always execute with privacy at the forefront.

​We're looking for a Staff Solutions Engineer to join Snap!

What you’ll do:

• Build new products and improve existing ones

• Collaborate with Snap product engineering teams and cross functional partners to meet business needs

• Understand and apply deep knowledge of products, technologies, and business to build solutions to solve for problems at scale

• Design and build end-to-end systems and launch-plan strategies

• Use broad range of technical and soft skills to build productive relationships with partners and independently resolve complex technical and business needs while contributing to partner documentation

• Apply expertise and product insight to deliver high-quality project/integration/partner engagements, while influencing product roadmap to meet the business needs

• Write and ship reliable, scalable, and efficient code

• Build and improve solutions in collaboration with engineering, product, and cross functional partners

• Identify and surface insights using metrics on product usage to increase adoption and provide new solutions that address the needs of partners

• Work with partners to develop a long-term strategic plan, grounded on business objectives, and manage partners during integrations with Snap’s platform products and ensure value creation

• Utilize AI tools and high velocity engineering workflows to design and ship scalable services while upholding rigorous standards for code correctness, security, and production ready quality code

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Ability to work with open source technologies

• Ability to mentor and provide guidance to more junior team members

• Strong written and verbal communications skills

• Strong relationship development and collaboration skills

• Adaptability in learning and applying evolving AI systems and tools to remain at the forefront of engineering trends and modern development practices

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS in a technical field such as computer science or equivalent years of experience

• 9+ years of post-Bachelor’s software development or solutions engineer  experience; or a Master’s degree in a technical field + 8+ year of post-grad software development  or solutions engineer experience; or a PhD in a related technical field + 5+ years of post-grad software development or solutions engineer experience

• Experience coding and building applications and APIs/SDKs for internal and external developers.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in computer science or computer engineering

• Highly proficient in JavaScript (and/or TypeScript), HTML, and CSS

• Highly proficient in Java, Golang, NodeJs, and/or Python

• Experience developing front-end software using Javascript UI Frameworks (i.e React, Angular, Vue)

• Experience working with cross functional stakeholders to define business requirements and product roadmaps

• Experience working with large SaaS, PaaS and cloud platforms and building applications for third-party marketplaces

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don’t be shy and provide us some information.

"Default Together" Policy at Snap: At Snap Inc. we believe that being together in person helps us build our culture faster, reinforce our values, and serve our community, customers and partners better through dynamic collaboration. To reflect this, we practice a “default together” approach and expect our team members to work in an office 4+ days per week. 

At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE, including disability/vets.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law (by example, the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, where applicable).

Our Benefits: Snap Inc. is its own community, so we’ve got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!

Compensation

In the United States, work locations are assigned a pay zone which determines the salary range for the position. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. The starting pay may be negotiable within the salary range for the position. These pay zones may be modified in the future.

Zone A (CA, WA, NYC):

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