Principal Software Engineer
$276,000–$414,000 year
On-siteSan Francisco, California, United States or Seattle, Washington, United States
Job Summary
Design, implement, and scale critical engineering components and services to support Snap's most strategic initiatives while advocating for best practices in availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management. Provide technical direction that influences the entire company, utilizing AI tools and high-velocity workflows to design and ship scalable services with rigorous standards for code correctness, security, and production-ready quality. Architect distributed systems, solve ambiguous problems, and mentor teams to drive concurrent engineering projects from short-term feature launches to long-term research initiatives. Work in an office four or more days per week.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors in technical field such as computer science, mathematics, statistics or equivalent years of experience
- 10+ years of post-Bachelor's software development experience
- Master's degree in a technical field + 9+ year of post-grad software development experience
- PhD in a related technical field + 6+ years of post-grad software development experience
- 2+ years of experience with technical leadership or acting as the domain-expert to a technical organization
- Experience in technical leadership/ownership and setting technical direction for engineering projects
- Experience architecting, designing, and developing distributed systems
- Excellent programming and software design skills, including debugging, performance analysis, and test design
- Proven track record of operating highly-available systems at scale
- Ability to proactively learn new concepts and technology and apply them at work
- Skilled at solving ambiguous problems
- Strong collaboration and mentorship skills
- Proficiency in, or a strong aptitude for, leveraging AI tools to streamline development, paired with the critical judgment to audit generated output for architectural integrity, performance bottlenecks, and security risks
- Adaptability in learning and applying evolving AI systems and tools to remain at the forefront of engineering trends and modern development practices
- Ability to promote product excellence and collaboration, driving a portfolio of concurrent engineering projects, from short-term critical feature launches to long-term research initiatives
- Ability to create a compelling vision for the future, communicate clearly, and have a collaborative leadership approach
- Work in an office 4+ days per week
Desired Qualifications
- Advanced degree in a technical field such as computer science
- Experience with cross platform development
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