Snap currently has 8 active AI-related job listings. The majority of these roles are focused on serving infrastructure, accounting for 38% of the openings, followed by application and post-training stages, each representing 25%. Engineering is the most frequent function for these positions. The company is hiring for these roles in the United States and Austria. Frequent technology tags include model_serving, inference_infra, and recommender_systems. Over the last 30 days, Snap posted 1 new AI role, an 83% decrease compared to the previous 30-day period.
Currently tracking 6 active AI roles, with 56 new openings in the last 4 weeks. Primary focus: Serve · Engineering. Salary range $157k–$235k (avg $196k).
Snap currently has 15 active AI-related roles in our index. The most common open titles are: Computer Architecture Intern, Machine Learning Engineer, Generative ML , Level 5, Machine Learning Engineer, Level 4, Machine Learning Engineer, Level 5, Machine Learning Engineering Intern. Most positions are in Engineering and Product.
Snap's active AI hiring is concentrated in: application (40%), agents (27%), serving infrastructure (20%). These categories follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle: data, pre-training, post-training, serving infrastructure, agents, evaluation, and application.
Snap is hiring AI talent in: United States (11 roles), United Kingdom (1 role), Australia (1 role).
Job postings at Snap most frequently mention: Ranking & Relevance, Machine Learning, Computer Architecture, TensorFlow, System Design.
In the past 30 days, Snap has posted 5 new AI-related roles.
| Title | Stage | AI score |
|---|---|---|
| Machine Learning Engineer, Generative ML , Level 5 Machine Learning Engineer focused on building generative AI technologies for consumer-facing experiences on mobile, web, and wearables. The role involves developing full-stack generative AI, from foundational models to inference, and creating tools and agentic systems for creative applications, with a focus on image, video, and audio generation, as well as augmented reality. | ShipServe | 8 |
| Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Content ML, Level 7 Principal Machine Learning Engineer to lead the vision and roadmap for Snap’s large-scale recommendation systems, focusing on content discovery and personalization across various Snap products. The role involves technically leading engineers, collaborating with cross-functional teams on next-gen systems, and advancing the ML tech stack for recommendations. Requires deep understanding of RecSys architectures, ML/deep learning, and experience leading recommendation/personalization roadmaps, with a focus on shipping performant and scalable models. |
| Ship |
| 8 |
| Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Search Ranking Staff Machine Learning Engineer to lead the development of next-generation Search ranking systems. This role involves designing, building, and improving ML models for relevance, quality, personalization, and utility of search results at scale. Responsibilities include developing ranking models using various techniques, balancing multiple objectives, partnering with cross-functional teams, analyzing user behavior, designing evaluation frameworks, and improving ML infrastructure. The role also requires technical leadership and staying current with AI advancements in search and related fields. | ShipAgent | 8 |
| Machine Learning Engineering Intern Machine Learning Engineering Intern to join the Spectacles AR engineering team, focusing on scene understanding for AR experiences. The role involves prototyping, training, and evaluating ML models for computer vision and multimodal understanding, contributing to geometric scene understanding, 3D reconstruction, semantic scene understanding, visual localisation, and connecting scene understanding to language for AR interactions. The intern will partner with mentors and cross-functional teams to integrate work into production-facing systems. | Post-trainAgent | 8 |
| Staff Software Engineer, Platform Engineering Staff Software Engineer to join the Platform Engineering team, focusing on building AI-powered testing tools and infrastructure. This includes agent harnesses, evaluation systems, Temporal-based workflows, and telemetry-driven debugging capabilities to improve developer productivity and software quality across Snapchat's mobile apps and backend services. | AgentEval Gate | 7 |
| Software Engineer, ML Infrastructure, Level 4 Software Engineer, ML Infrastructure at Snap, focusing on scaling ML infrastructure, optimizing training and inference systems, and improving ranking and recommendation systems. The role involves designing and optimizing infrastructure for ML workloads, building feature generation and serving pipelines, developing high-performance inference systems, and managing data for ML training and evaluation. | ServeData | 7 |
| Machine Learning Engineer, Level 4 Machine Learning Engineer at Snap focused on building and deploying ML models for core consumer products, owning the full ML lifecycle, and applying modern ML techniques to large-scale problems. The role involves partnering with cross-functional teams and utilizing AI tools responsibly. | ShipServe | 7 |
| Machine Learning Engineer, Level 5 Machine Learning Engineer at Snap Inc. responsible for building and deploying ML models for core products, owning the full ML lifecycle, and applying modern ML techniques to solve large-scale problems. The role involves partnering with cross-functional teams and utilizing AI tools for scalable service design and deployment, with a focus on code correctness, security, and production standards. Experience in ranking, recommendations, search, content understanding, or image generation is required. | Ship | 7 |
| Computer Architecture Intern Computer Architecture Intern to implement, map, and simulate neural rendering algorithms on event-based Neural Processing Units (NPUs), perform benchmarking, and identify hardware/compiler improvements for efficiency. | Serve | 7 |
| Software Engineer, Backend, Level 4 Software Engineer, Backend, Level 4 at Snap Inc. This role focuses on designing, implementing, and operating critical and scalable backend services, including user identity and friend graph services. The engineer will work across teams to deliver innovative products, advocate for best practices in availability and scalability, and utilize AI tools to streamline development while ensuring code correctness, security, and quality. Experience with distributed systems, operating highly-available systems at scale, and proficiency with AI development tools are required. | — | 5 |
| Experience Prototyper/Lab Manager, Level 3 (Fixed Term) This role supports a Vision Science team by managing lab operations, moderating human-subject research studies, and building rapid prototypes using tools like Lens Studio or Unity to enable experimental design and validation. The role bridges research, engineering, and creative development, translating vision science concepts into functional prototypes. | — | 5 |
| Software Engineer, Backend, Level 4 Backend Engineer role at Snap focused on designing, implementing, and operating critical and scalable services. The role involves working across teams, evaluating trade-offs, and delivering solutions for innovative products. A key aspect is the utilization of AI tools to streamline development, with an emphasis on auditing generated output for architectural integrity, performance, and security. The role requires experience with backend services or distributed systems and operating highly-available systems at scale. | — | 5 |
| People Application Developer This role focuses on developing and integrating AI solutions, specifically chatbots and LLM APIs, into enterprise systems like Workday. The primary responsibility is to build and deploy these AI-powered automations and middleware solutions to optimize People Team operations. | Agent | 5 |
| Senior Manager, Security Engineering, Application Security Senior Manager to lead the Application Security team at Snap, focusing on defining and driving a multi-year security strategy, identifying and reducing systemic product security risks, establishing scalable practices for secure design and testing, and leading security architecture reviews. The role emphasizes automation, influencing senior leadership, and recruiting/developing security engineers. It also involves utilizing AI tools to streamline development while ensuring code correctness and security. | — | 5 |
| Manager, Software Engineering, Ads Data Infra Manager, Software Engineering for Ads Data Infra team at Snap. The role focuses on streamlining and fortifying the backbone of monetization data processing infrastructure and modernizing ads data management with AI. Responsibilities include managing and mentoring engineers, setting strategy, building roadmaps, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and evaluating technical tradeoffs. Requires background in high availability systems, data processing solutions, and experience leading engineering teams. Preferred qualifications include experience with large-scale distributed data processing systems and AI Agent development. | DataAgent | 5 |
| Security Engineer, Threat Intelligence Security Engineer focused on Threat Intelligence, responsible for identifying, analyzing, and developing intelligence on adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures. The role involves proactive tracking of threat actors, researching and innovating new detection and response capabilities, and leveraging AI and automation to build scalable intelligence and response systems. Key responsibilities include designing logging and alerting systems, leading incident response efforts, and partnering with global stakeholders to improve detection and response capabilities. | — | 5 |
| Software Engineer, iOS, Level 5 Software Engineer, iOS role at Snap focused on building and refining high-performance mobile apps, designing, architecting, and implementing Objective-C software for Snapchat's camera experiences. The role involves conceptualizing and launching new features, evaluating technical tradeoffs, collaborating with design, and conducting code reviews. A key aspect is the utilization of AI tools to streamline development, requiring critical judgment to audit AI-generated output for quality, performance, and security. The role also emphasizes adaptability in learning and applying evolving AI systems. | — | 5 |
| Staff Solutions Engineer, Level 6 Staff Solutions Engineer at Snap, focusing on building and improving products, designing end-to-end systems, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The role involves writing scalable code, identifying insights from product usage metrics, and developing strategic plans with partners. It explicitly mentions utilizing AI tools and high-velocity engineering workflows, and requires adaptability in learning evolving AI systems. | — | 5 |
| Software Engineer, Backend, Level 4 Backend Engineer role at Snap, focusing on designing, implementing, and operating critical and scalable services. The role involves working across teams, evaluating trade-offs, and delivering solutions for innovative products. A key aspect is the utilization of AI tools to streamline development, with an emphasis on auditing generated output for quality, security, and performance. Experience with distributed systems, backend services, and cloud computing is required, with preferred experience in specific programming languages and technologies. | — | 5 |
| Software Engineer, Backend, Level 4 Backend Engineer role at Snap, focusing on designing, implementing, and operating critical and scalable services. The role involves working across teams, evaluating trade-offs, and delivering solutions for innovative products. A key aspect is the utilization of AI tools to streamline development, with an emphasis on auditing generated output for quality, performance, and security. The role requires experience with backend services or distributed systems and operating highly-available systems at scale. | — | 5 |
| Manager, Security Engineering, Identity Access Management Manager for Identity Access Management security engineering team, focusing on cloud and infrastructure security, defining technical strategy for IAM, and implementing scalable security controls and automation. The role utilizes AI tools for development and requires strong leadership and software engineering skills. | — | 5 |
| ASIC Verification Engineer ASIC Verification Engineer for AI ASICs used in Spectacles, focusing on quality, ownership of IP blocks, and driving verification methodologies. Requires expertise in UVM, SystemVerilog, and a drive to leverage AI tools for verification. | — | 5 |
| Staff Software Engineer, Android, Level 6 Staff Software Engineer, Android, Level 6 role at Snap Inc. focused on the client-side ads stack, specifically ad format rendering and delivery, ad platform, and inventory layers on Android. The role emphasizes networking, client performance, and leveraging AI tools and agentic development workflows to improve engineering velocity and product quality. | — | 5 |
| Senior Manager, Business Intelligence Engineering, SMC This role leads a team of Business Intelligence Engineering specialists to scale Snap's Small & Mid-sized Clients (SMC) business by uncovering analytical insights from advertisers and translating them into data-driven actions for go-to-market and sales strategies. The role involves leading quantitative and qualitative analytical studies, developing analytical frameworks, ensuring data accuracy, mentoring a team, and partnering cross-functionally. It emphasizes leveraging AI and advanced analytics tools to accelerate insight generation and delivery. | — | 5 |
| Security Engineer - Threat Intelligence Security Engineer focused on Threat Intelligence, responsible for identifying and analyzing adversary TTPs, developing new detection and response capabilities using AI and automation, and building scalable intelligence systems. The role involves threat hunting, incident response, and partnering with global stakeholders to improve security posture. | Agent | 5 |
| DevOps Engineer, Level 4 DevOps Engineer responsible for designing and developing build systems and tooling for operating systems used by wearable computing devices. This role will also drive AI-Native Workflow Integration by implementing AI/LLM tools within CI, build, and development workflows to boost developer velocity. | — | 5 |
| Security Engineer, Level 5, Detection & Response Security Engineer focused on designing, implementing, and automating detection and response systems for malicious activity across endpoints, infrastructure, networks, and cloud environments. The role involves investigating security events, building threat intelligence, and utilizing AI tools to enhance security workflows and services, with a strong emphasis on Python/Go development and OS internals. | — | 2 |
| Software Engineer, AR, Level 4 Software Engineer, AR, Level 4 at Snap, focusing on implementing engine and rendering features for AR experiences across Lenses, Games, and Spectacles. The role involves collaborating on new algorithms, working with modern mobile GPUs, researching advanced rendering effects, and optimizing for wearable AR devices. | — | 0 |
| Senior Software Engineer, Spectacles Senior Software Engineer role focused on building software systems, tools, and infrastructure for computer vision development, specifically for eye-tracking calibration on Spectacles AR glasses. Requires strong C++ skills and experience with calibration, validation, and performance analysis workflows. | — | 0 |
| Nanophotonics Engineer The Nanophotonics Engineer/Scientist will work on the development of new displays and AR waveguide designs for Spectacles, focusing on optical design, software development, and manufacturing considerations. The role involves using optical design tools, developing new optical structures, and incorporating physical measurement data into models. | — | 0 |
| Technical Program Manager Technical Program Manager for Spectacles (AR eyewear) at Snap Inc. The role involves managing development schedules for mechanical and electromechanical parts, collaborating with cross-functional teams, driving prototype development and manufacturing, and presenting status updates to leadership. Requires experience in program management and engineering for complex consumer electronics products. | — | 0 |
| Advanced Manufacturing Engineer This role focuses on Surface Mount Technology (SMT) design and manufacturing for augmented reality eyewear. The engineer will collaborate with design and manufacturing teams to ensure manufacturability, optimize yields, and develop an SMT technology roadmap. Responsibilities include supporting prototype builds, driving continuous improvement, and performing failure analysis for SMT-related defects. | — | 0 |
| Prototyping Design Software Engineer Prototyping Design Software Engineer with SoC prototyping and embedded software skills to bring platforms to life early. Responsibilities include porting RTL onto FPGA/HAPS/ZeBu platforms, enabling boot and software validation, and debugging hardware/software bring-up issues. | — | 0 |
| Technical Program Manager Technical Program Manager for a consumer electronic device (Specs eyewear) at Snap Inc., focusing on hardware project management from concept to delivery, including schedule creation, milestone planning, and cross-functional communication. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer, Embedded Software Engineer (Embedded) role focusing on designing, developing, and maintaining firmware for system-on-chip (SoC) and its software components, including drivers, bootloader, memory management, and low power management. The role also involves developing software SoC validation test suites and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Requires proficiency in C/C++, embedded systems architecture, RTOS, and communication protocols. | — | 0 |
| Senior Security Engineer, Spam & Abuse Senior Security Engineer focused on developing and deploying mobile security features and infrastructure to combat spam and abuse on the Snapchat platform. This role involves identifying attack vectors, building client-side defenses, and creating backend services to support large-scale security operations. | — | 0 |
| Reliability and Failure Analysis Engineer This role focuses on reliability and failure analysis for display technologies in next-generation Spectacles wearable computing devices. It involves planning and executing reliability testing, leading failure analysis, implementing corrective actions, and supporting new technology developments. The role requires expertise in reliability test methodology, device integrity measurement, and understanding physics of failure. Collaboration with engineering, operations, and contract manufacturers is key. | — | 0 |
| Production Operator This role is for a Production Operator responsible for processing materials, operating production equipment, performing quality checks, and adhering to safety and cleanroom procedures. It requires manual dexterity and basic computer literacy, with desirable experience in manufacturing, particularly in semiconductor or consumer electronics cleanroom environments. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer, Backend, Level 5 Backend Engineer at Snap responsible for designing, implementing, and operating critical and scalable services. The role involves working across teams, evaluating trade-offs, and delivering solutions for innovative products. It requires advocating for best practices in availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management. A key aspect is the utilization of AI tools to streamline development, with a strong emphasis on auditing AI-generated output for correctness, performance, and security, and adapting to evolving AI systems. | — | 0 |
| Packaging Process Engineer – Microdisplay Snap is seeking a Packaging Process Engineer to own the backend packaging and continuity testing process for advanced microdisplays, from prototyping through high-volume manufacturing. The role involves driving process development, yield, and manufacturability, managing equipment and material partners, developing assembly and packaging recipes, and leading problem-solving efforts. | — | 0 |
| Operator This role is for an Operator at Snap, a technology company focused on visual messaging and augmented reality. The role is not AI/ML focused but is within a company that develops AR products. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer, Spectacles C++, Level 4 Software Engineer role focused on developing and improving reusable components, interactions, frameworks, and SDKs for immersive experiences on Snap Spectacles Augmented Reality Glasses, as well as developing components of the SnapOS operating system. | — | 0 |
| Embedded Engineer, Operating System Embedded Engineer for Snap's Spectacles team, focusing on designing and implementing embedded software for consumer products, including kernel, synchronization primitives, resource allocators, and I/O systems. Requires experience with ARM architecture, C/C++, BSP, and Operating Systems. | — | 0 |
| Senior Cloud Software Engineer Senior Cloud Software Engineer responsible for designing, building, and operating foundational cloud platform components on AWS and GCP that power Spectacles and AR experiences. This includes building shared infrastructure for service mesh, identity, observability, secure compute environments, and data/compute platforms, and owning services end-to-end in production. | — | 0 |
| Hardware Lab Technician Hardware Lab Technician supporting audio, thermal, and other hardware engineers in an R&D environment for next-generation Spectacles (AR glasses). Responsibilities include performing acoustic and thermal testing, characterization, data collection, and troubleshooting using specialized equipment. Requires experience with test setup, data collection, scripting tools (Python/Matlab), and lab equipment operation. | — | 0 |
| Principal Software Engineer, Delivery Platform Principal Software Engineer role focused on building ad formats and backend infrastructure for Snap's performance advertising suite. The role involves end-to-end work on product innovation, experimentation, analysis, and optimization, with a strong emphasis on scalability, operational excellence, and technical leadership. | — | 0 |
| Senior Security Engineer, Detection & Response Senior Security Engineer focused on detection and response, building and tuning detections, supporting investigations, developing automation, and partnering with teams to improve security visibility and response workflows. | — | 0 |
| Product Design Engineer Product Design Engineer role at Snap focusing on Spectacles, involving design, prototyping, analysis, and collaboration with cross-functional teams for consumer electronics. | — | 0 |
| Equipment Engineer This role is for an Equipment Engineer responsible for maintaining and servicing semiconductor manufacturing and process equipment and infrastructure in a Cleanroom environment. Responsibilities include daily checks, preventative maintenance, repair, documentation, calibration, and coordinating with external services. The role requires experience with semiconductor processing equipment, facilities, vacuum technology, and SPC systems. | — | 0 |
| Manager, Product Design Engineering Manager, Product Design Engineering for AR products (Spectacles) at Snap Inc. Focuses on leading mechanical product design engineers, managing teams, cross-functional collaboration, R&D with suppliers, and ensuring timely product deliverables. Requires strong engineering fundamentals, CAD proficiency, and experience in consumer electronics. | — | 0 |