Software Engineer, Backend
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.
Bitmoji is the digital you — a living cartoon character to instantly express who you are and how you're feeling, in the moment. We believe that the magic of cartoons can improve everyone’s online lives, and empower people to communicate in ways that words alone can’t capture.
We’re looking for a mid level Backend Engineer to join Team Bitmoji. As a member of the Engineering team, you’ll play a key role in building and shaping key features that millions of Bitmoji users use every day. This position is located in our Los Angeles office.
What you’ll do:
- Design, implement, and operate our most critical and scalable services - ranging from user identity services, friend graph, and our core persistence layer
- Work across teams to understand product requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver the solutions needed to build innovative products
- Help make our team better by contributing to code reviews, documentation, and development process
- Advocate for and apply best practices when it comes to availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management
- Effectively mentor junior team members
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Ability to launch and maintain features of medium to large scope with measurable impact
- You are a self-improver, investing in improving your skills; you proactively seek out feedback on how to improve your own work and work of your team
- Knowledge of large-scale microservices and distributed systems
- Knowledge of cloud computing and storage systems, infrastructure and large-scale system design
- Ability to collaborate and work well with others
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as computer science or equivalent experience
- 3+ years of software development experience
- Experience with backend services or distributed systems
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with Java, C++, and/or Python
- Experience with NoSQL solutions, Memcache/Redis, Kubernetes, or Google/AWS services
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 [email protected].