Software Engineer, Snap
C++
$152-228k
+ RSU's
4 days a week in office
Social media & camera company
Job no longer available
Social media & camera company
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$152-228k
+ RSU's
4 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.
Role
Who you are
- Demonstrated knowledge of 2D and 3D graphics fundamentals, engine architecture, and the software/hardware rendering pipeline
- Proficiency coding in modern C++ (C++ 14/17/20)
- Comfortable with high levels of ambiguity and iterative design
- Ability to prioritize tasks and work independently
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with high attention to detail
- BS/BA in a technical field such as computer science or equivalent years of experience
- 3+ years of software development experience
Desirable
- Experience with rendering APIs (OpenGL, Metal, Vulkan, or DirectX) and shaders (GLSL, MSL, HLSL, compute)
- Experience creating/extending rendering/game engines and custom scripting/DSLs
- Experience with cross-platform C++ development, especially for mobile devices
- Experience optimizing for mobile GPUs and low-level, multi-threaded debugging
- Experience developing web-based tooling (TypeScript, WebSockets) with an eye for UX
- Familiarity with geospatial and/or AR techniques for rendering/modeling city environments
- Familiarity with game camera and animation systems
- Experience with modern build systems (Bazel, CMake)
- Experience with observability, data-driven A/B testing, supporting real-time client/server systems in production
- Enjoy participating in the product design process, beyond technical implementation
What the job involves
- Snap Engineering teams build fun and technically sophisticated products that reach hundreds of millions of Snapchatters around the world, every day
- We’re looking for a C++ Graphics Engineer to join the Snap Map or BItmoji team!
- Contribute to the rendering engine powering Snap Map or how Bitmojis are created
- Make the Map or Bitmojis more playful and visually vibrant that make Snap more engaging and personalized
- Collaborate with fellow engineers, designers, and product managers to design, prototype, and ship new product features
- Create UI and scripting-based tools to empower designers and other developers
- Balance performance and visual quality, with implementations that adapt from high to low-end devices
Our take
Snap is the social media giant that owns Snapchat, a social media mobile app released in 2011. Created to serve as a more emotive communication form than texting, the app has gained mass popularity, reaching upwards of 400 million daily users worldwide.
After rejecting a billion dollar acquisition from Meta (then Facebook) in 2013, Snap has found itself in competition with the social media giant, particularly with Instagram. Despite this, the company has marked a place for itself in the ever competitive social media space through developing features like a Discover tab, augmented reality lenses, in-app games, ads and monetisation options, as well as launching its paid service, Snapchat+.
Snap has so far not earned an annual profit since going public in 2017, but as Snapchat's user base has continually increased it has nearly closed the gap. Like other tech companies it suffered in late 2022 due to a surprise drop in advertising revenue, but has been rebuilding to its former trajectory since then. Given Snapchat's lasting popularity amongst young people, further success appears likely.
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Company Specialist
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
May 2016
$1.8bn
SERIES F
Mar 2015
$200m
SERIES E
Total funding: $2.6bn
Company benefits
- Paid maternity, paternity and family caregiver leave
- Adoption, surrogacy, infertility and fertility preservation benefits
- Backup child care coverage, caregiver assistance and digital maternity care support
- Short-term disability, long-term disability, life insurance and AD&D insurance
- Comprehensive medical coverage, including PPO, HSA and HMO options
- Dental coverage, including orthodontia benefits
- Vision coverage, including LASIK benefits
- Gym perks and discounts
- Team fitness classes, hikes and races
- Sports leagues
- Cooking and nutritional workshops
- Generous time off and leave programmes
- Meditation and yoga classes
- Emotional and mental health support programmes and apps
- Social gatherings, team outings and volunteering programmes
- Speaker series, classes and subscriptions to educational programmes
- Snap Inc. provides a 401(k) plan that allows you to save on a pre-tax, Roth and after-tax basis for your retirement (yes, we even have the Mega Backdoor option!)
- Rocket Lawyer memberships
- Financial education programmes
- Compensation packages that let you share in Snap's long-term success!
- Have a teammate going through a tough time? Lend them a hand through our internal Snap-a-wish programme! We'll work hard to make sure they get the support they need.
Company values
- We Are Kind - We solve problems through action, make high-quality decisions and think with a strategic mindset
- We Are Smart - We solve problems through action, make high-quality decisions and think with a strategic mindset
- We Are Creative - We gracefully manage ambiguity, cultivate innovation and demonstrate an insatiable desire to learn
Company HQ
Sunset Park, Santa Monica, CA
Articles
Founders
Evan Spiegel
(CEO)Graduated from Standford with a BS in Product Design.
Bobby Murphy
(CTO)Studied Mathematical and Computational Science at Stanford.
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