Software Engineer, ML Infrastructure, 3+ Years of Experience

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 Engineer, ML Infrastructure to join Snap Inc!

What you’ll do:

• Leverage machine learning, information retrieval and big data processing technologies to empower ranking, recommendation, and content experiences

• Design, implement, and operate our most critical and scalable services

• Combine strong software engineering principles with machine learning to build scalable, reproducible and easy-to-use end-to-end machine learning workflows

• Create comprehensive data management systems for scalable data collection, labeling, processing, and evaluation

• Build backend infrastructure to perform scalable training, evaluation, and inference in the cloud

• Advocate for and apply best practices when it comes to availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management

• Work across teams to understand product requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver the solutions needed to build innovative products

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Excellent programming and software design skills, including debugging, performance analysis, and test design

• Proficiency coding with Java, C++, and/or Python

• Ability to operate highly-available systems at significant scale

• Ability to collaborate and work well with others

• Ability to proactively learn new concepts and apply them at work

Minimum Qualifications:

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

• 3+ years of industry engineering or research and development experience

• Experience building large scale production machine learning systems

• Experience with Java, Golang, Python, and/or C++

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in a technical field such as computer science

• Experience with TensorFlow, PyTorch, or related deep learning frameworks

• Experience with backend services or distributed systems

• Experienced in MLOps and managing production machine learning lifecycle

• Experience working with vector similarity search, recommendation, ranking, or machine learning systems

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