This role pays more than
95%
of similar roles. Most pay
$194,000–$242,562
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$286k
versus about
$218k
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.
As a Staff Software Engineer, Storage and Caching, you will join the infrastructure team to define the technical direction for Snap’s storage, caching, and identity systems. In this hands-on leadership role, you will drive multi-quarter initiatives to design and operate highly available distributed systems across AWS and GCP while improving reliability, performance, and cost efficiency. You will build durable platforms for critical services including user, friend, and relationship data, while mentoring engineers and translating complex technical challenges into executable roadmaps. The role requires expertise in system design, service mesh, compute platforms, and observability. Candidates should be proficient in backend languages such as Go, Java, Python, or C++, and have experience with Kubernetes and containerized systems. You will specifically focus on evolving infrastructure to meet the demands of an AI-first world by integrating responsible AI technologies into platform workflows.
What does a Software Engineer earn in Washington?
Median $202800 from 326 postings across 28 companies.
Distributed Systems
Microservices
Java
C++
Python
NoSQL
Redis
Kubernetes
AWS
Machine Learning
Natural Language Processing
Networking
Data Storage
Security