Job Description

Snap Inc. is a camera company. We believe that reinventing the camera represents our greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Our products empower people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.

We’re looking for a Backend Engineer to join Team Snapchat! As a member of this team, you will design and implement the next generation of Snap’s Mapping service. Working from our San Francisco, Boulder or Seattle offices, you’ll collaborate across engineering teams to enhance our satellite/aerial, terrain, 3D, and location based augmented reality infrastructure. In addition to working on data management infrastructure you will also help build derived data products like terrain, land use and buildings footprints. Also we are looking for long-term thinking and design around the intersection of mapping, 3D and augmented reality.

What You’ll Do

• Design, implement, and operate our new mapping layers starting with satellite/aerial, then terrain, and 3D – working toward integrated augmented reality
• Work across teams to understand product requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver the solutions needed to build innovative products
• You evaluate, appropriately test, and debug your work, striving for high quality
• Advocate for and apply best practices when it comes to availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management
  

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Experience with backend services or distributed systems
• Experience in at least one of the following areas:
• Web maps, terrain, 3D and satellite/aerial imagery
• Machine learning applied to imagery - especially deriving land use, building, vegetation from satellite/aerial imagery
• Co-registration of common remotely sensed data sources (satellite, aeriel, LiDAR etc.)
• Previous experience working with point clouds (PDAL)
• Experience with Python and/or Java, C++
• Experience with NoSQL solutions, Memcache/Redis, Kubernetes, or Google/AWS services
• Large-scale microservices and distributed systems
• Cloud computing and storage systems
• Infrastructure and large-scale system design
• Networking and large scale storage/database and caching
• You can independently execute on medium sized features, taking a few weeks and multiple PRs to complete
• You understand the operational aspects of your system and may participate in incident or hotfix investigation and resolution
• Ability to collaborate and work well with others
  

Minimum Qualifications

• BS/BA degree in a technical field such as Computer Science or equivalent years of experience
• 3+ years of software development experience
  

For Colorado Based Applicants

• The minimum target salary for this position is $130,000
• This position is eligible for a discretionary performance award
• This position is eligible to receive ongoing equity grants.
  

At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE, including disability/vets. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don’t be shy and contact us at accommodations-ext@snap.com .