Staff Software Engineer, Ads Signals and Measurement

Snap Inc.

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Work type
On-site
Location
Bellevue, WALos Angeles, CANew York, NYPalo Alto, CA
Salary
$229,000–$343,000 / yr
Posted
1 day ago
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Confirmed live today

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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.

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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer, Ads Signals and Measurement

The Staff Software Engineer, Ads Signals and Measurement joins the Ads Signals and Measurement team to power the monetization ecosystem. This role involves building next-generation signals and measurement systems, stewarding the full lifecycle of third-party signals from ingestion and matching to activation. You will work end-to-end across the stack to innovate on product and infrastructure ideas, ensuring integrity, scalability, and privacy-safe compliance. Key responsibilities include providing technical direction, optimizing cost management, and delivering high-throughput, low-latency data pipelines. You will utilize AI tools and high-velocity engineering workflows to ship scalable services. Required skills include excellent programming, software design, debugging, and performance analysis. The role requires deep domain expertise in advertising technology, specifically focusing on signal ingestion, identity matching, and measurement frameworks within a distributed systems environment.

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What you'll do

  • Build next-generation signals and measurement systems for the Snap ad platform.
  • Develop end-to-end solutions across the full stack for product and infrastructure innovation.
  • Manage the full lifecycle of third-party signals from ingestion and matching to activation.
  • Build measurement solutions to provide actionable insights into advertiser ROI.
  • Provide technical direction and influence engineering standards across the entire company.
  • Design and ship scalable services using AI tools and high-velocity engineering workflows.
  • Ensure system availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional partners to ensure third-party signals deliver measurable results.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
  • 9+ years of software development experience; or Master’s degree with 8+ years of experience; or PhD with 5+ years of experience.
  • Experience as a technical lead, domain expert, or owner of complex technical initiatives.
  • Excellent programming and software design skills, including debugging, performance analysis, and test design.
  • Proven track record of operating highly-available systems at scale.
  • Ads domain expertise and a strong interest in Ads.
  • Deep subject matter expertise in advertising technology, specifically signal ingestion, identity matching, and measurement frameworks (preferred).
  • Experience in building high-available, high-throughput, and low-latency data pipelines (preferred).

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