This role pays more than
87%
of similar roles. Most pay
$185,500–$254,750
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$286k
versus about
$220k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
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
76 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$209,000–$313,000
across 58 roles with salary data.
Manager, Software Engineering, Maps joins the Maps team to lead a group of backend engineers in a fast-paced environment. This role involves managing, mentoring, and hiring high-performing team members while setting strategy, building roadmaps, and establishing measurable goals. The manager will collaborate with Product, Operation, Data Science, and Engineering teams to oversee the development of backend services and data infrastructure for Snap Map. Key responsibilities include evaluating technical tradeoffs, overseeing complex initiatives, and utilizing AI tools to build scalable, high-availability systems while ensuring code correctness and security. The ideal candidate possesses experience in distributed systems, backend service development, and potentially geospatial or location-based systems like map data pipelines and spatial indexing. This role solves the challenge of building a personalized, people-centric map by managing infrastructure for friend locations, places, and dynamic content.
What does a Software Engineering Manager earn in California?
Median $281300 from 35 postings across 13 companies.