Engineering Manager, Content Ranking Backend
About The Position
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. We're looking for an Engineering Manager to join the Content Ranking Backend team at Snap!
Requirements
- Background in building high availability and mission-critical systems
- Experience leading an engineering team
- Ability leading and executing large, complex technical initiatives
- Experience driving highly cross-functional efforts
- 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+ years 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 a manager for an engineering team
Nice To Haves
- Experience with ops-heavy systems/products
- Experience with user-facing systems, especially in Search, Ads, Recommendation domains
Responsibilities
- Manage and mentor a team of engineers working on the feed recommendation user-facing service foundation
- Set the strategy, build a roadmap, create measurable goals, and lead your team to alter the tech debt accumulated in content recommendation services, as well as decoupling ranking and product development
- Bring Snap’s content recommendation systems to surpass industry north stars
- Collaborate with broader core and ML infra teams to build a strategic roadmap and solid adoption sequence with limited resources across the board
- Hire, grow, and retain high-performing team members
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!
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
