Hybrid Director, Software Engineering

at Snap Inc.

• Job title: Director, Software Engineering
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $334,000 - $500,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Los Angeles, United States

About the role

• Director of Engineering leading the Business Experience group at Snap, driving innovation in ad technologies and platform solutions for brands and advertisers. Collaborating across teams to build a seamless business journey.

Responsibilities

• 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

Requirements

• 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
• 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
• Experience with Machine Learning
• Experience with mobile apps development
• Experience with UI, API and Data platforms

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