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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.
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Manager, Software Engineering leads a Data Products and Infrastructure team within the Platform Engineering organization. This hands-on role involves managing and mentoring a team of backend and full-stack developers in a fast-paced environment to build infrastructure for large-scale distributed systems. The manager is responsible for setting strategy, building roadmaps, and overseeing the development of critical data processing pipelines that handle real-time user event ingestion and aggregation at internet scale. Key responsibilities include participating in design discussions, evaluating technical tradeoffs, and collaborating with cross-functional teams like Product and Data Science. The role requires expertise in big data processing and high availability systems. Preferred technical skills include experience with Hadoop, Hive, Trino, BigQuery, and Spark to solve complex problems related to messaging, media delivery, and content feeds for a massive global user base.
What does a Software Engineering Manager earn?
Median $224375 from 112 postings across 41 companies.
Manage and mentor a team of backend and full-stack developers in a fast-paced environment.
Build infrastructure for large-scale distributed systems and high-volume data processing pipelines.
Establish the technical strategy, roadmap, and measurable goals for the Data Products and Infrastructure team.
Evaluate technical tradeoffs for major decisions to ensure system reliability and performance.
Provide hands-on technical guidance and mentorship during complex design discussions.
Hire, grow, and retain high-performing engineering team members.
Oversee critical data pipelines that impact user engagement, revenue, and growth at scale.
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 with 7+ years, or a PhD with 3+ years.
At least 1 year of experience managing a team of engineers.
Experience building large scale distributed systems.
Experience with big data processing and pipelines.
Background in building high availability and mission critical systems.
Ability to lead and execute large, complex technical initiatives.
Experience with Hadoop, Hive, Trino, BigQuery, and Spark (preferred); experience driving large scale initiatives from ideation to completion (preferred).
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