Research Scientist
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 Research Scientist to join Snap Inc! Working closely with our Engineering team, you will be tasked with solving interesting technical challenges, such as designing techniques to push our products forward, deploying algorithms to handle our scale, and improving the experience on Snapchat for millions of people every day.
What you'll do:
- Develop state-of-the-art approaches to impact products
- Evaluate the technical trade-offs of every decision
- Introduce major innovations that can result in product features or new areas of business
- Collaborate and work with the Research team and others to make important product decisions
What we're looking for:
- PhD in a technical field such as Computer Science or equivalent experience
- Really, really good algorithm design and problem solving skills
- A highly innovative, motivated, and self-directed researcher
- Experience with projects that could potentially impact our products
- Ability to perform research that is justified and guided by business opportunities
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing work environment
- Successful record of publication in top-tier international research venues
- An individual who gets excited by tough technical challenges
- Someone with a collaborative, positive, and team-oriented mindset
- Hands-on experience and fast prototyping skills
- Industrial experience via prior internships or previous jobs is a plus
- Experience building algorithms that are scalable to large data sets
- Demonstrated ability in both research and development