Senior Software Engineer

Who you are

• Strong software engineering skills in C++, or solid experience in a systems language with the ability to ramp quickly on C++
• Experience building high quality, performant, and maintainable software with strong unit and functional testing practices
• Experience supporting geometric computer vision, eye tracking, calibration, perception, imaging, sensors, or other technically adjacent workflows
• Experience building tools, libraries, pipelines, or infrastructure for calibration, validation, debugging, and performance analysis
• Familiarity with numerical methods, optimisation, and measurement quality metrics for real-world CV systems
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with high attention to detail
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, related degree or equivalent practical 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
• Industry software development experience building production systems, tools, or infrastructure
• 5+ years of experience building and shipping high performance software
• Experience with eye-tracking systems, gaze estimation, or calibration workflows
• Experience with geometric computer vision, camera or sensor calibration, or related production CV systems
• Experience working close to hardware, sensors, operating systems, or resource-constrained devices
• Practice designing reusable APIs, tooling, platforms, or developer workflows

What the job involves

• The Spectacles team is pushing the boundaries of technology to bring people closer together in the real world. Our fifth-generation Spectacles, powered by Snap OS, showcase how standalone, see-through AR glasses make playing, learning, and working better together
• We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Spectacles team!
• Design, build, and support software systems, tools, and workflows that enable computer vision development for Spectacles
• Develop production-quality C++ and supporting infrastructure for CV-related pipelines, tooling, and internal developer workflows
• Improve the reliability, quality, and efficiency of CV development, validation, and calibration workflows, with a focus on eye-tracking calibration
• Build tools and workflows to evaluate calibration quality, diagnose failures, and improve robustness across devices, users, and environments
• Build high quality, maintainable, and performant code with strong testing and operational standards
• Participate in code and design reviews
• Work closely with computer vision, platform, product, and infrastructure teams to turn research and prototypes into robust engineering solutions

Benefits

• Up to 28 weeks of parental leave and return-to-work program
• Adoption, surrogacy, infertility, and fertility preservation benefits
• Backup child care coverage, center-based care support, & caregiver assistance
• Dependent Daycare Flexible Spending Account
• Short-term disability, long-term disability, basic life insurance, and AD&D insurance
• Services to support your path to parenthood & beyond - fertility support & family planning via Carrot, SNOO, Hinge Health
• Lactation rooms (based on office location) and breastmilk shipping coverage
• For Snap, employees taking care of loved ones with complex, chronic, or ongoing care needs (i.e. parent with Dementia, spouse with Cancer, child with Autism), your family can save time, money, & stress with Wellthy
• Comprehensive medical coverage, including PPO, HDHP with HSA, and HMO options
• Dental coverage, including orthodontia benefits
• Vision coverage, including frame and contact allowance and LASIK benefits
• Free membership to One Medical for primary and urgent healthcare services
• Business Travel Insurance
• Gym perks and discounts
• Team fitness classes and races
• Sports leagues
• Cooking and nutritional workshops
• Well-being reimbursement
• Unlimited access to virtual physical therapy with Anthem
• 15 sessions per year of mental health for you + dependents through Lyra
• Generous time off and leave programs. In the US, this includes the following:
• Up to 3 weeks (120 hours) of vacation time and 1 floating holiday for non-exempt team members
• 12 paid holidays per year
• 15 sick and safe days per year
• Meditation and yoga classes
• Speaker series, classes, and subscriptions to educational programs
• Social gatherings, team outings, and volunteering programs
• Snap Inc. provides a 401(k) plan that allows you to save on a pre-tax, Roth, and after-tax basis for your retirement (yes, we even have the Mega backdoor option!) Snap will also match 100% up to 3% of your contribution and then 50% on your 4th and 5th%
• Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare, daycare and commuter
• Health Savings Account with employer contributions
• Rocket Lawyer memberships
• Financial education programs
• Snap exclusive discounts and perks
• Compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!