Manager, Software Engineering, Client Platform

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 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 it's 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:

• Help define the technical vision for observability, insights & performance benchmarking for the Snapchat mobile apps. 

• Build cutting edge tooling to detect, group and root cause performance & reliability issues at scale.

• Build and grow a team of exceptional software engineers and technical leaders and be a strong technical mentor

• Work cross functionally with Data Scientists, product & engineering partners to gather feature asks & set up a long term roadmap for observability.

• Influence key decisions and tradeoffs on architecture and implementation of client side features.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Strong computer science fundamentals and technical skills

• Proficient in making data-driven decisions in complex technical problems.

• Ability to lead and represent the team’s goals and projects with cross-functional business partners and leaders

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors in a technical field such as Computer Science or equivalent experience

• 8+ years of experience working in software engineering

• 2+ years of experience managing a team

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience working in software engineering

• Experience working on iOS and/or Android apps with focus on performance.

"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 prou