Staff Software Engineer, DevProd AI at Snap Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
$229,000–$343,000from the description
Jul 22, 2026
Los Angeles, CA
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A staff-level engineering role focused on designing and building a suite of AI Agents within Snap's Developer Productivity organization. The position carries broad technical leadership responsibilities — setting architectural direction, establishing standards across multiple teams, and guiding senior engineers — while collaborating with cross-functional partners across several offices. It suits a deeply experienced engineer with a background in large-scale distributed systems and a track record of leading complex, multi-team technical initiatives.
Staff level · 9+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Full-time
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The role is multi-site across Seattle, Los Angeles, and Palo Alto; Zone A (CA, WA, NYC) salary of $229K–$343K is shown as the primary range. Zone B ($218K–$326K) and Zone C ($195K–$292K) ranges also apply depending on work location.
Snap's 'default together' policy requires 4+ days per week in-office, so the role is not remote.
The degree requirement is effectively None: the JD explicitly accepts 'equivalent years of practical work experience' in lieu of a Bachelor's, and offers alternative paths via Master's or PhD with adjusted experience thresholds.
Total years minimum is set to 9, the lowest threshold stated (9+ years post-Bachelor's). Master's and PhD paths require fewer years but a higher degree.
AI Agents design and build experience appears in the required qualifications section as a core responsibility and explicit experience requirement ('Experience building large scale storage, backend or distributed systems'). AI Agents architecture across multiple teams is listed under Preferred Qualifications and is marked preferred accordingly.
The preferred qualifications call out 'principal-level technical leadership driving architecture and standards across multiple teams' — this is a preferred signal, not a hard gate, even though the title is Staff.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): large-scale storage systems.
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