Manager, Software Engineering, Core Infrastructure

Snap Inc.

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Bellevue, WA
Salary
$229,000–$343,000 / yr
Posted
2 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby
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Above market

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About Snap Inc.

Snap Inc. is a technology and camera company, best known for Snapchat, offering visual communication, augmented reality, and advertising products.

Snap Inc. currently has 94 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $209,000–$313,000 across 84 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Manager, Software Engineering, Core Infrastructure

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JOB TITLE: Manager, Software Engineering, Core Infrastructure The Manager, Software Engineering, Core Infrastructure leads a team within the Platform Engineering organization responsible for building and owning platform systems that manage Compute infrastructure for all Snap backends. In this hands-on leadership role, you will manage and mentor a team of backend and full-stack developers, setting the technical strategy, building roadmaps, and creating measurable goals. You will participate in design discussions, evaluate technical tradeoffs, and guide the team through complex challenges. The role requires expertise in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure technologies, microservices architecture, and Kubernetes containerized applications. You will ensure the reliability of mission-critical, high-availability systems that power core product verticals including Ads, Content Feed, Messaging, Story Posting, Media Delivery, Memories, and the ML Platform at internet scale.

What does a Software Engineering Manager earn?

Median $215650 from 128 postings across 37 companies.

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Skills

Distributed Systems Kubernetes Cloud Infrastructure Microservices Backend Full-stack Compute Infrastructure ML Platform

What you'll do

  • Manage and mentor a team of backend and full-stack developers in a fast-paced environment.
  • Set the technical strategy, build the roadmap, and create measurable goals for the team.
  • Lead the team to deliver high-availability and mission-critical compute infrastructure systems.
  • Evaluate technical tradeoffs for major decisions and provide strong technical mentorship to the team.
  • Participate in design discussions and guide the team through complex technical challenges.
  • Hire, grow, and retain high-performing team members.
  • Drive large-scale technical initiatives from ideation to completion.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's Degree in a relevant technical field or equivalent years of practical work experience.
  • 8+ years of post-Bachelor’s software development experience; or a Master’s degree + 7+ years; or a PhD + 3+ years.
  • 1+ years of experience managing a team of engineers.
  • Experience with distributed systems and cloud infrastructure technologies.
  • Background with building high availability and mission-critical systems.
  • Experience with leading an engineering team and executing large, complex technical initiatives.
  • Experience with Ops-heavy backend systems/services (preferred).
  • Experience with microservices architecture and Kubernetes containerized applications (preferred).

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