Manager, Software Engineering, Messaging Infrastructure

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.

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 Software Engineering Manager to join Snap!

What you’ll do:

• Set the strategy, build a roadmap, create measurable goals, and lead your team to deliver the critical infrastructure behind core Messaging product in Snapchat

• Manage and mentor a team of developers, in a fast-paced, quick-to-market environment

• Collaborate with Product, Operation, Data Science and Engineering teams, and executive stakeholders

• Evaluate the technical tradeoffs of major decisions and be a strong technical mentor

• Hire, grow and retain high-performing team members by creating growth opportunities, giving regular feedback, and managing performance

• Lead a team of 10+, backend engineers with expertise building platforms to unlock greater developer efficiency and growth impact

• Balance near, medium and long-term objectives to achieve business goals today while laying the foundations for a long term roadmap

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Background with building high availability and mission critical systems

• Experience with leading an engineering team

• Ability leading and executing large, complex technical initiatives

• Ability to collaborate with internal stakeholders at all levels of a company

Minimum Qualifications:

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

• 8+ years of post-Bachelor’s software development experience; or a Master’s degree in a technical field + 7+ year of post-grad software development experience; or a PhD in a related technical field + 4+ years of post-grad software development experience

• 1+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager 

• Demonstrated track record of building and operating reliable, scalable services in AWS with a strong focus on observability, cost efficiency, and incident response 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working on high-availability or real-time systems (e.g., messaging, payments, search)

• Familiarity with service oriented architecture and service orchestration

• Track record of delivery in rapidly changing, highly collaborative, multi-stakeholder environments

• Experience with building and maintaining mission-critical, highly-available, high QPS global systems

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