Director, Software Engineering

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 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.

Snapchat is a camera and messaging app that connects people to their friends and the world. Every day around the globe, millions of people use Snapchat to communicate with friends, build relationships, play, and learn. No matter where you are or how you express yourself, it’s always the fastest way to share a moment!   

We're looking for a Director of Engineering to lead the Business Experience group as part of our Ads Platform organization. The Ads Platform team is responsible for Snap’s revenue platform. The data captured from the platform yields solutions for Snapchat’s customers, enabling them to maximize their monetization efforts across all of Snapchat’s services. We focus on driving measurable return on investment for businesses. The Business Experience organization includes Business Interfaces, Business APIs, Business Platform, Recommendations, Business Experience ML Platform, and Creator Monetization. The overall focus for the Business Experience group is to build a seamless business journey that empowers brands and advertisers to unlock meaningful value on Snap — from first activation to long-term growth. You will manage teams in Bellevue/Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Palo Alto, and New York, and collaborate with leaders across Snap to deliver the highest quality product for our customers. 

What you’ll do:

• Work with internal and external stakeholders to re-envision and scale Business Experience

• Drive Business Interfaces, Business APIs, Business Platform, Recommendations, Business Experience ML Platform, and Creator Monetization.

• Focus on improved ease of use and effectiveness of the technology and the platform supporting users of the platform

• Work across teams to understand product requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver the solutions needed to build innovative products or services

• Advocate for and apply best practices when it comes to availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management

• Provide technical direction across the Business Experience organization

• Oversee day-to-day operations of the Business Experience teams across multiple offices

• Develop organizational-level goals and drive the technical and organizational roadmap for the engineering team 

• Collaborate with Sales, Finance, Product and Engineering teams distributed across multiple offices 

• Build and develop a team of exceptional software engineers and technical leaders 

• Influence key decisions on architecture and implementation of scalable, reliable, and cost-effective engineering solutions 

• Mentor a team of engineering managers and senior independent contributors 

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

• Apply your ability to be nimble to pivot and adjust plans to address customer and business need

Minimum qualifications: 

• BS/BA in a technical field such as Computer Science or equivalent experience 

• 12+ years of software engineering experience 

• 6+ years of experience managing a team 

• Experience with the Ad Tech and online marketing technologies

Preferred qualifications: 

• Demonstrated experience leading a large team at scale and managing engineering with an eye to driving efficiency 

• Previous experience partnering with cross-functional executives and management across a globally distributed organization 

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

• Deep knowledge of and experience working with a diverse group of engineers 

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

• Someone who loves to learn, and is passionate about helping others 

• Experience with Machine Learning 

• Experience with mobile apps development

• Experience with UI, API and Data platforms

This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs

"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 at least 80% of the time (an average of 4 days per week). For roles with remote consideration: Remote team members still are expected to travel for mandatory in-person gatherings and to fulfill business needs, at least 4 to 6 times per year. 

If you are not based in the same location(s) listed for this role and are open to relocation, we encourage you to apply to take advantage of our generous relocation policy. 

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 accommodations-ext@snap.com.

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!

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):

The base salary range for this position is $334,000-$500,000 annually.

 

Zone B:

The base salary range for this position is $317,000-$475,000 annually.

Zone C:

The base salary range for this position is $284,000-$425,000 annually.

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