Snapchat is an American multimedia instant messaging app and service developed by Snap Inc., originally Snapchat Inc. One of the principal features of the multimedia Snapchat is that pictures and messages are usually available for only a short time before they become inaccessible to their recipients.

Strategic Initiatives, Sr Associate

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 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.

 

We are looking for an experienced Strategic Initiatives, Senior Associate to join the Global Strategic Initiatives and Readiness Team at Snap! In this role, you will play a pivotal role in driving strategic projects and initiatives that align with Snapchat’s business objectives and vision. You will partner closely with Ads Monetization Leadership to identify, prioritize, and execute initiatives that drive the business and our ambitious goals forward. This role requires a combination of strategic thinking, project management skills, and the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

 

What you’ll do:

• Analyze & Strategize: Develop quantitative and qualitative insights and ​​translate them into actionable business recommendations for cross functional partners and senior leadership.
• Project Management: Lead the execution of strategic projects, from early stage ideas to implementation.
• Lead and collaborate: Work closely with business units and core ads monetization functions (e.g. Product, Marketing, Sales…) to develop and implement strategic initiatives. Coordinate, operationalize and drive execution of projects.

 

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Proven track record of successfully leading strategic projects or initiatives in a fast-paced environment.
• Superior analytical skills,  problem solving, business sense, and project management
• Excellent communication and presentation skills to diverse audiences
• Results-oriented mindset with a strong drive for achieving goals and delivering impact
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic and rapidly changing environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to partner cross-functionally
• Knowledge of digital advertising sales

 

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS/BA degree or equivalent years of experience
• 3+ years experience in consulting or strategy role
• Experience in project management involving multiple stakeholders
• Strong ability to communicate, motivate and influence

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working effectively with cross-functional teams and driving/influencing change
• Proven track record of delivering on projects in a matrixed organization
• An operator mindset and enjoy rolling up your sleeves to do whatever it takes to execute, with a keen eye for detail and a commitment to continuous improvement.
• Passion for technology, social media, and digital innovation. Knowledge of the social media landscape and familiarity with Snapchat’s products and platform!

 

“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

Principal Software Engineer, MDP

We’re looking for a Principal Engineer to join the Media Delivery Platform team! We’re a highly collaborative team that builds an end-to-end media platform, including encoding, transcoding, editing, uploading, ingestion, storage, media life cycle management, replication, delivery and playback. This is an unique opportunity to own one of our most critical platforms and make impacts to hundreds of millions of Snapchatters.

 

You’ll work on state of art video technologies, lead skillful engineers with video expertises, and build an end-to-end video infrastructure that powers critical Snap user experiences. If you’re passionate about video technologies and eager to make an impact, we’d love to have you on our team.

 

What you’ll do:

• Design, implement, and scale critical mobile media platform and media backend services to support Snap’s most strategic initiatives
• Drive media quality optimizations end-to-end from mobile devices to backend services
• Make intelligent trade-offs among media quality, media performance and cost
• Work across teams to understand product requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and deliver the solutions needed to build innovative media platform and services
• Advocate for and apply best practices when it comes to availability, scalability, operational excellence, and cost management
• Provide technical direction that influences the entire company

 

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Excellent programming and software design skills, including debugging, performance analysis, and test design
• Proven track record of operating highly-available systems at scale
• Ability to proactively learn new concepts and technology and apply them at work
• Skilled at solving ambiguous problems
• Strong collaboration and mentorship skills

 

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors in technical field such as computer science, mathematics, statistics or equivalent years of experience
• 14+ years of industry experience
• Experience in technical leadership/ownership and setting technical direction for engineering projects
• Experience architecting, designing, and developing distributed systems

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in a technical field such as computer science
• Experience with cross platform development
• Ability to promote product excellence and collaboration, driving a portfolio of concurrent engineering projects, from short-term critical feature launches to long-term research initiatives.
• Ability to create a compelling vision for the future, communicate clearly, and have a collaborative leadership approach.
• Expertises in building media processing pipelines across mobile and backend.
• Expertises in building large scale media management and delivery systems.
• Expertises in media quality around VMAF, Non reference VQA, Encoder optimizations across mobile and backend.

Billing Operations Analyst

The Finance Team includes Finance Business Partnership, Accounting, Finance Operations, Financial Systems, Internal Audit, Tax, Treasury, and Investor Relations teams. Together, the team partners with leadership to provide insights, information, and guidance to make strategic and operational decisions, inform investors about our business model and progress, and ensure the company is financially healthy and consistently meeting our reporting obligations.

 

We’re looking for an Accounts Receivable Analyst to join the Finance Team!

 

What you’ll do:

• Focus on ensuring Snapchat’s invoicing efforts are carried out timely, correctly and accurately
• You’ll collaborate with the Business Solutions, Operations, and Accounting teams on creating efficiencies and improving our billing and collections processes as we continue to scale our ad products
• Investigate, document and work on global billing resolutions
• Support AR leads on all billing related issues
• Daily cash application
• Monthly billing reconciliations
• Assist accounting team in month end reconciliation on AR accounts
• Support collections analysts in resolving campaign and invoicing queries
• Reach out to customers where needed to clarify current data held for invoicing
• Provide support and prepare other ad hoc analyses and projects as needed
• Work alongside the AR leads in data quality assurance tasks
• Provide support for the annual financial statement audit, periodic internal audits, and other AR related requests
• Focus on meeting departmental monthly collection goals

 

Knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills and strong Excel skills required
• Accounts Receivable experience
• International Accounts Receivable experience preferred but not mandatory
• Experience collaborating with internal and external stakeholders at all levels of a company
• Detail-oriented with a high sense of urgency
• A proactive, self-directed approach with the ability to multitask, think creatively, and learn quickly in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to prioritize tasks and work independently

 

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 2+ Years of experience in an Accounts Receivable function

Manager, Platform Policy

The Legal & Policy Team is Snap’s dedicated in-house law firm, policy consultant, advocate, thought partner, and all-around advisor. This team helps Snap do the right thing the right way, make better decisions, understand and manage risks, and creatively navigate challenges, both external and internal. We partner with Snap team members on a wide array of matters, including privacy, product, IP, commercial transactions, corporate governance, employment, acquisitions, litigation, and policy, and social impact.  We value the power of diversity, as we continually strive to build an innovative and inclusive leadership culture centered on Snap’s values of Kind, Smart, and Creative.

 

We’re looking for a Policy Manager to join the Platform Policy team at Snap Inc.!

 

What you’ll do:

• Ensure that our content and product policies meet and exceed regulatory requirements and align with Snap’s mission and values.
• Maintain a firm grasp of internal operational and product functions to support the policy requirements for new and existing content formats and product features.
• Represent the Policy team in cross-functional initiatives, including on topics related to issues concerning user safety, monetization policies, and developer integrations.
• Stay informed about current and emerging public policy trends relating to online content platforms, content moderation, and technology generally.
• Review new features and products. Lead research for developing new policies that would help sustain best-in-class policies across our products and community and understand emerging policy risks .
• Collaborate with the Platform Integrity and Product teams to resolve critical policy escalations and develop safety solutions and strategies.
• Analyze how creators, advertisers, and everyday users interact with our unique content surfaces, including augmented reality, the Map, Discover and Spotlight.
• Liaise with the Public Policy team to understand of the present and future regulatory landscape, and to share your strategic perspective.
• Develop and iterate on content policies to ensure regulatory preparedness and mitigate business risk.
• Partner with global teams to ensure consistent operationalization of policies across distinct geopolitical and sociocultural contexts.

 

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Ability to complete sophisticated projects with a variety of partners and a proven track record of managing complexity between subject matter, types of projects, and responsibilities.
• Excellent communication skills, strong decision-making skills and sound political judgment.
• Works well with business teams to identify pertinent issues important to their objectives and orient teammates to meet priorities responsibly.
• Ability to work independently/ self-starter in a fast-paced, multicultural, and rapidly changing environment.

 

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of experience in relevant field
• 6+ years relevant policy experience

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in working at the intersection of operations, policy, and law
• Experience in content policy and/or online safety issues