Staff Software Engineer, Augmented Reality

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’s three core products are Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world; Lens Studio, an augmented reality platform that powers AR across Snapchat and other services; and its AR glasses, Spectacles.

Augmented reality is at the core of Snap’s products and experiences. Every day, more than 175 million people engage with the magic of AR on Snapchat through Face Lenses, World Lenses, Snappables, and other immersive technology. Our approach to AR focuses on three main building blocks: understanding the world through our Snapchat camera, providing a platform for creators to build AR experiences, and investing in future hardware to transcend the smartphone.

We’re looking for a Full Stack Engineer to join Snap Inc!

What you’ll do:

• Build State of the art mobile and desktop web software applications and/or systems

• Follow high-quality design and implementation practices

• Implement features and user interfaces to optimize performance of user-facing products

• Contribute to Snap’s engineering culture by working on shared libraries and systems

• Log and analyze operational and engagement metrics

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• 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)

• Strong knowledge of object-oriented and functional programming principles

• Understanding of domain driven design principles

• Solid knowledge of unit testing

• Experience in front end design and/or web application development

• Writing code for User Interface components

• Experience optimizing JavaScript performance and browser layout rendering

• Ability to identify and resolve performance and scalability issue

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant technical field such as computer science or equivalent years of practical work experience

• 6+ years of post-Bachelor’s software development experience; or Master’s degree in a technical field + 5+ year of post-grad software development experience; or PhD in a relevant technical field+ 2+ years of post-grad software development experience

• Experience with full stack web development

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with WebGL, Canvas, WebAssembly, Service workers, or other advanced front-end technology

• Experience with GraphQL

• Experience with large-scale microservices and distributed systems

• Experience with NoSQL solutions, Memcache/Redis, Kubernetes, or Google/AWS services

• Passion for building a rich and innovative user experience

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. 

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