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Software Engineer, Backend, Level 5 – Ads Delivery

Snap Inc.· Engineering
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Hybrid (Bellevue), Hybrid (Los Angeles)$209k - $313k + equityFull timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Backend Engineer to design, implement, and operate ads delivery infrastructure and services within Snap Inc.'s Ads Delivery Platform, collaborating with product, data science, ML, and infrastructure teams to deliver scalable, reliable ad delivery.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and operate our ads delivery infrastructure and services. Own critical serving-time systems and business logic that enable reliable, scalable, and efficient ad delivery.
  • Partner closely with Product, Data Science, ML, and Infrastructure teams to translate product vision into scalable technical solutions, driving end-to-end execution from concept to launch and ongoing optimization.
  • Design, test, debug, and maintain high-quality production systems, leveraging observability, experimentation, and automation to ensure robust and resilient services.
  • Champion best practices in distributed systems, availability, scalability, operational excellence, security, and infrastructure efficiency while helping evolve the long-term architecture of the ads delivery platform.
  • Utilize AI tools and high velocity engineering workflows to design and ship scalable services while upholding rigorous standards for code correctness, security, and production ready quality code

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in a relevant technical field such as computer science or equivalent years of practical work experience
  • 6+ years of post-Bachelor’s software development experience; or Master’s degree in a technical field + 5+ year of post-grad software development experience; or PhD in a relevant technical field + 2+ years of post-grad software development experience
  • Experience with distributed systems
  • Experience with Java, C++, and/or Python

Skills

Required:Backend services or distributed systemsLarge-scale microservices and distributed systemsJava, C++, PythonIndependent feature executionOperational mindsetcollaboration
Nice to have:Cloud computing and storage systemsInfrastructure and large-scale system designSecurityNetworking and data storageMachine learning and natural language processingNoSQL, Memcached/Redis, Kubernetes, or cloud servicesAI-assisted development toolingLearning agility with evolving AI systems

Benefits

  • 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!
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Snap Inc.

We contribute to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.

We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate.

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