Software Engineer, Full Stack, Level 5

Snap Inc.

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Work type: On-site
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Salary: $209,000–$313,000 / yr
Posted: today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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 60 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Software Engineer, Full Stack, Level 5

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As a Full Stack Engineer at Level 5, you will join Snap Inc.’s dynamic engineering team to build cutting-edge mobile and desktop web applications. Your responsibilities include implementing high-quality features and user interfaces that enhance the performance of user-facing products, contributing to shared libraries and systems, and analyzing operational metrics. You’ll work with object-oriented and functional programming principles, unit testing, and front-end design, leveraging JavaScript for efficient UI components and optimizing browser rendering. Preferred skills include experience with advanced front-end technologies like WebGL, Canvas, WebAssembly, and GraphQL, as well as large-scale microservices and distributed systems. This role demands a strong background in full stack web development and at least 6 years of relevant industry experience.

Skills

JavaScript HTML CSS React Node.js GraphQL WebGL Canvas WebAssembly Service workers Unit testing Domain driven design Microservices Docker Kubernetes CI/CD PostgreSQL MongoDB AWS Git

What you'll do

Build state-of-the-art mobile and desktop web applications.
Implement features and user interfaces for performance optimization.
Write code for efficient JavaScript performance and browser rendering.
Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues in software systems.
Contribute to engineering culture by working on shared libraries and systems.

What we're looking for

At least 6 years of post-Bachelor’s software development experience or equivalent.
Strong knowledge of object-oriented and functional programming principles.
Experience with full stack web development required.
Solid understanding of unit testing and ability to write efficient JavaScript code.
Ability to optimize performance and scalability issues in user-facing products.
Preferred: Experience with advanced front-end technologies like WebGL, Canvas, WebAssembly.
Preferred: Knowledge of GraphQL and large-scale microservices systems.

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