Quality Engineer, Level 5

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.

The Media Delivery Platform team’s mission is to enable teams across Snap to deliver world leading media creation and consumption experiences with ease and reasonable cost. The MDP team enables Snaps to be created easily, uploaded reliably, started quickly, and played smoothly while looking great across all surface areas. The MDP team achieves this through an integrated, consistent, and coordinated end-to-end media platform, encompassing upload, download, transcoding, storage, streaming, caching, playback, and monitoring.

We’re looking for a Quality Engineer to join Snap Inc. to help us deliver new, exciting experiences through the Media Delivery Platform! 

What you’ll do:

• Help drive quality engineering efforts for internal and external product releases

• Help develop test strategies for existing and new, unreleased features

• Define/implement/maintain test automation that drives improvements in Snapchat’s usability, performance, hardware compatibility, and software interoperability

• Diagnose, debug, and perform root cause analysis for defects/incidents, document your findings, collaborate cross-functionally to triage, and champion resolution of your bugs

• Collaborate with Product Design, Program Management, Feature Developers, and other Quality Engineering team members to define requirements, ensure testability, and deliver high-quality features

• Participate in the release process for Snapchat

• Collaborate with partner teams to understand dependencies and to facilitate development of integration and end-to-end tests

• Provide technical support to internal team members

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Proficiency with object-oriented programming in Java, Kotlin, Swift, Objective-C, or similar

• Experience with client and/or mobile test automation frameworks (E.g. XCTest/XCUITest, Selenium WebDriver, Appium, Espresso, etc.)

• Highly experienced in defining/implementing/maintaining test coverage for client/mobile applications for a variety of smartphones/tablets

• Proficient with version control (E.g. GitHub) and issue/project tracking software (E.g. Jira)

• Proficient with software development/debugging tools (E.g. Chrome Dev Tools, Postman, Charles Proxy, curl, etc.)

• Experience with TestRail or similar test suite/case management tools

• Experience with Jenkins or similar build tools

• Deep understanding of quality-related agile methodologies and experience applying them throughout the SDLC

• Strong verbal and written communication skills (E.g. Whiteboarding/diagramming system behavior)

• Proven experience demonstrating analytical thinking, reporting, leadership, customer focus, and collaboration

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS/BA degree in Computer Science, adjacent fields, or equivalent years of experience

• 6+ years hand-on industry experience in a software testing and/or software development with a focus on automated testing of client/mobile applications

• Solid foundational skills and understanding of Object Oriented Programming

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in a distributed product-team environment

• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and/or Google Cloud

• Experience with continuous integration/delivery systems

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.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law (by example, the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, where applicable).

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):

Zone B:

Zone C:

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