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This role pays more than
99%
of similar roles. Most pay
$197,050–$238,250
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At the midpoint, this role pays about
$286k
versus about
$218k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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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
101 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$190,000–$284,000
across 91 roles with salary data.
The Staff Software Engineer, Backend, Level 6 joins the Engineering team to design, implement, and operate critical, scalable services. This role involves managing user identity services, the friend graph, and the core persistence layer. The engineer will collaborate across teams to evaluate trade-offs, deliver high-quality solutions, and advocate for best practices regarding availability, scalability, and cost management. Key responsibilities include debugging, testing, and utilizing AI tools to ship production-ready code. Required expertise includes distributed systems, large-scale microservices, cloud computing, and infrastructure design. Candidates should demonstrate proficiency in networking, data storage, or machine learning tools. Preferred technical skills include Java, C++, Python, NoSQL solutions, Memcache/Redis, Kubernetes, and Google or AWS services. The work focuses on maintaining highly-available systems at significant scale for visual messaging and digital services.
What does a Software Engineer earn in Washington?
Median $202800 from 399 postings across 38 companies.