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Design Engineer, Core Snapchat

Snap Inc.· Design
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Los Angeles, CA$178k - $313kFull timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Design Engineer role within Snap's Product Design team, focusing on conceiving, prototyping, and iterating new products and tooling for the core Snapchat experience, with cross-functional collaboration and leadership exposure.

Responsibilities

  • Conceive, prototype, and iterate new products
  • Quickly bring new ideas to life through functional prototypes
  • Build creative tooling and internal systems that change and improve how teams across Snap work
  • Occasionally prototype on other platforms, including web, AR, and AI
  • Help drive the design process with engineering teams to ship these new products to users
  • Invent new products by leveraging your technical background and passion for design
  • Deliver outsized impact on products used by hundreds of millions of people every day
  • Learn new skills and collaborate within a multi-functional design studio
  • Work with product designers and user researchers to test new ideas and iterate on feedback
  • Present and pitch your ideas and work directly to the CEO and company leadership
  • Be a lead in cross-functional teams with product managers and engineering to polish and refine the end products we ship

Qualifications

  • BS/BA in a technical field such as Computer Science or equivalent years of 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 iOS application development (Objective-C and/or Swift)
  • 3+ years of experience driving product strategy and/or design decisions

Skills

Required:iOS software engineering principlesRapid prototypingProduct strategyCreative problem solvingAdaptability with AI tools

Benefits

  • Paid parental leave
  • Comprehensive medical coverage
  • Emotional and mental health support programs
  • 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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