Product Engineer, Snap
$202-303k
+ Eligible for equity in the form of RSUs
Social media & camera company
Be an early applicant
Social media & camera company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$202-303k
+ Eligible for equity in the form of RSUs
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
- Excellent problem solving, debugging, and QA skills
- UX design, prototyping, and spec writing experience
- Ability to communicate and explain complex concepts to our partners and community members
- C++ proficiency and familiarity with any of: Swift, Objective-C, TypeScript, Kotlin
- Strong grasp of engineering fundamentals as well as mobile development
- BS/BA degree in a technical field such as Computer Science or equivalent years of experience
- 7+ years of software development experience
Desirable
- Advanced degree in a related technical field
- Image processing, OpenGL, camera pipelines, or interactive AR experience
- Understanding of product design, release cycles, and maintaining production software
- Developing software systems of medium-to-large scope and complexity
What the job involves
- We’re looking for an experienced software engineer with a passion for human-centered engineering and innovation to join the Product & Partner Engineering team at Snap Inc!
- Design, build, and maintain our AR platform products, workflows, and developer frameworks and tools
- Collaborate with other engineers and product managers to improve the Camera Kit SDK and Lens Studio workflows
- Help design and build new interactive frameworks for improving AR products’ scale and extensibility
- Ideate and prototype developer and creator tools to encourage innovation and new use cases for Snap AR technologies
- Support technical relationships with development teams of our strategic partners and other customers of Snap AR platform products
- Convert feedback from customers to help design and prioritize the most impactful features — be the voice of external developers internally
- Be a Snap AR domain expert providing guidance and support to other internal teams, our community, strategic partners, or externally at conferences, meetups, etc.
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.
Kirsty
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
Leadership
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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