Software Engineer, Android, Level 4

About the role

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 operates Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world, and Specs Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary dedicated to making computing more human, in addition to Bitmoji, Saturn, and other digital services.

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 Android Engineer to join Snap Inc!

What you’ll do:

- Push the limits of mobile devices and build great user experiences

- Build smooth, stable, and fun products

- Develop features from design through implementation and launch

- Evaluate technical tradeoffs of every decision and work with design on the best UI and infrastructure practices

- Perform code reviews that guarantee code quality

- 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

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

- Ability to use Kotlin, Java, RxJava, Dagger, and other great tools to build smooth, stable, and fun products

- Able to prioritize duties and work well on your own

- Proficiency in, or a strong aptitude for, leveraging AI tools to streamline development, paired with the critical judgment to audit generated output for architectural integrity, performance bottlenecks, and security risks.

- Adaptability in learning and applying evolving AI systems and tools to remain at the forefront of engineering trends and modern development practices

Minimum Qualifications:

- Bachelor's Degree in a relevant technical field such as computer science or equivalent years of practical work experience

- 2+ years of post-Bachelor’s software development experience; or Master’s degree in a technical field + 1+ year of post-grad software development experience; or PhD in a relevant technical field

- Experience with Android application development

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience working with large-scale customer-facing mobile application

"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.