Manager, Software Engineering, Viewer Consumption Growth

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. The Company’s three core products are Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world; Lens Studio, an augmented reality platform that powers AR across Snapchat and other services; and its AR glasses, Spectacles.

Snap Engineering teams build fun and technically sophisticated products that reach hundreds of millions of Snapchatters around the world, every day. We’re deeply committed to the well-being of everyone in our global community, which is why our values are at the root of everything we do. We move fast, with precision, and always execute with privacy at the forefront.

Some core features we build and maintain include Snapchat’s Camera, Creative Tools, Maps, Chat, Memories, Stories, Discover, Games, and Minis. Our Infrastructure teams deliver an innovative and cost-efficient platform that ensures Snapchat is the fastest way to communicate with your friends, no matter where you are in the world. We have one of the fastest growing digital ad platforms, and our Monetization teams drive measurable returns for advertisers through novel ad formats like Augmented Reality. As a Snap Engineering team member, you’ll help us build the future of communication.

We're looking for an Engineering Manager to join Snap’s Viewer Consumption Experience Team!

Our team works on growing and contributing to Content products which drives key engagement on Snapchat. We are tackling challenging problems like unifying the playback viewer experience across multiple content products. On this team, you'll be part of building exciting features that will continue the growth, improvement, and viewer experience on Spotlight - our short-form video platform

What you’ll do:

• Collaborate with product, design, data science partners and other cross-functional teams on delivering viewer experience product roadmap.

• Continue improving the content viewer experience by shipping business impactful features / improvements.

• Drive content viewership growth, one of the top company goals by building large scale intelligent systems. Content drives 90%+ of Snap revenue through ads. 

• Build new and enhance existing growth levers including personalized content notifications, leveraging friends graph for content redistribution, new entry points, content search experience. 

• Lead a team of 8+ engineers with iOS, Android, backend expertise building end-to-end product engineering for the Content viewer experience consumption.

• Balance near, medium and long-term objectives to achieve business goals today while laying the foundations for extensibility and scale tomorrow.

• Iterate quickly without compromising quality and raise the bar on operational excellence.

• Create growth opportunities, give regular feedback, promote talent, manage performance.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Strong computer science fundamentals.

• Expertise in modern programming languages such as : Objective C/Swift or Java/Kotline or Go language.

• Strong product sense.

• Ability to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders at all levels of a company.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant technical field such as computer science or equivalent years of practical work experience

• 8+ years of post-Bachelor’s software development experience; or a Master’s degree in a technical field + 7+ year of post-grad software development experience; or a PhD in a related technical field + 4+ years of post-grad software development experience

• 1+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Track record of delivery in rapidly changing, highly collaborative, multi-stakeholder environments.

• Experience making critical decisions for complex technical issues in real-time, considering timelines and urgency.

• Experience working with a diverse group of engineers.

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don’t be shy and provide us some information.

"Default Together" Policy at Snap: At Snap Inc. we believe that being together in person helps us build our culture faster, reinforce our values, and serve our community, customers and partners better through dynamic collaboration. To reflect this, we practice a “default together” approach and expect our team members to work in an office 4+ days per week. 

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.

Our Benefits: Snap Inc. is its own community, so we’ve got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!

Compensation

In the United States, work locations are assigned a pay zone which determines the salary range for the position. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. The starting pay may be negotiable within the salary range for the position. These pay zones may be modified in the future.

Zone A (CA, WA, NYC):

The base salary range for this position is $229,000-$343,000 annually.

Zone B:

The base salary range for this position is $218,000-$326,000 annually.

Zone C:

The base salary range for this position is $195,000-$292,000 annually.

This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.