Principal Software Engineer, Delivery Platform
Snap · Palo Alto, CA
About this role
Snap is hiring a principal-level Software Engineer based in Palo Alto, CA. The posting calls out experience with Distributed Systems, Performance Optimization, Backend Development, Express. Compensation is listed at $276,000–$414,000 per year.
- Role
- Software Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- principal
- Track
- Tech leadership
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Palo Alto, CA
- Posted
- May 19, 2026
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Job description
from Snap careersSnap 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 a Principal Software Engineer to join the Delivery Platform team at Snap.
What you’ll do:
Build the next generation ads formats and backend infrastructure and solutions to deliver more clicks and conversion and value for advertisers.
Work end-to-end across innovating new ads product, format ideas, or infrastructure ideas experimentation, analysis and optimization
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