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.

Snap’s Augmented Reality team invents the immersive (and fun!) camera experiences that are at the core of our products. From developing creative new Lens features for Snapchat, to supporting the continuous growth and evolution of Lens Studio (our platform for an ever-increasing community of AR creators), to designing the cutting-edge computer vision and machine learning technology that makes face transformation Lenses possible — our Augmented Reality team is working hard on their mission to bring AR to more people, places, and moments, every day.

We’re looking for a Principal C++ Software Engineer to join our Augmented Reality team! 

What you’ll do:

• Design and develop the foundational systems for Snapchat’s AR engine and authoring tools (including Lens Studio)

• Write exemplary code with exemplary practices, and drive initiatives that improve developer productivity 

• Elevate your teammates through direct communication and mentorship, influencing engineering culture across the entire org

• Deeply understand organizational goals, and transfer this understanding into processes and initiatives that will help the team deliver greater impact

• Get to know Lens developers and use that knowledge to help shape our product roadmap

• Work across Product, Design and Engineering leadership on strategic planning

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Strong computer science fundamentals

• Advanced C++ Knowledge and experience with modern C++

• Systems Architecture and Design

• Great communication skills and Technical Leadership; ability to work in a team and lead by example

Minimum Qualifications:

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

• 9+ years of post-Bachelor’s software development experience; or a Master’s degree in a technical field + 8+ year of post-grad software development experience; or a PhD in a related technical field + 5+ years of post-grad software development experience
  Experience with technical leadership or people management

• C++ development experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience creating developer-facing APIs and libraries

• Knowledge of Qt framework

• Experience with rendering APIs such as DirectX, Metal, Vulkan or OpenGL

• Experience with a 3D rendering engine like Unity or Unreal

• Experience with computer vision, sensors, or machine learning

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