Quality Engineer
Santa Monica, CA - USA
Job Summary
The Company operates Snapchat a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends family and the world and Specs Inc. a wholly-owned subsidiary dedicated to making computing more human in addition to Bitmoji Saturn and other digital services.
Snap Engineering teams build fun and technically sophisticated products that reach hundreds of millions of Snapchatters around the world every day. Were 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.
The Direct Revenue team owns the strategy and execution for paid consumer monetization on Snapchat growing subscription and direct revenue by building high value premium experiences optimizing acquisition and retention funnels and developing new monetization streams.
Were looking for a Quality Engineer to join Snap Inc. and help us deliver new exciting experiences through Direct Revenue. You will be joining at a pivotal moment. We are evolving from embedded feature-by-feature testing toward owning quality for end-to-end user experiences that span multiple teams and surfaces. As AI-assisted testing increasingly covers routine feature correctness this role concentrates on the highest-risk cross-team experiences release readiness and the non-functional qualities (accessibility compatibility privacy compliance etc.) that make Snapchat experiences feel great. You will help shape how a modern high-leverage QE team operates.
What youll do:
Own quality for end-to-end Direct Revenue experiences that cross multiple teams prioritizing the highest-risk user journeys over exhaustive feature-by-feature coverage.
Independently define and drive the test strategy for new unreleased features and premium experiences.
Define build and maintain high-signal automation for the critical paths and end-to-end flows that matter most (device/OS compatibility accessibility privacy compliance localization) while enabling feature developers to own their feature-level coverage.
Diagnose debug and perform root cause analysis for defects document your findings collaborate cross-functionally to triage and champion resolution of your bugs.
Use AI to accelerate development unblock yourself and drive higher efficiency while applying strong judgment best practices and domain expertise to ensure high impact solutions.
Own release readiness and quality sign-off for your feature domain and participate in on-call rotations.
Review code and test pull requests across platforms using review to raise the quality bar beyond your own changes.
Partner with adjacent and dependency teams to map cross-team dependencies and surface quality risk at the seams where features integrate aligning on who covers what so the end-to-end experience holds together across surfaces.
Knowledge Skills & Abilities:
Proficiency with object-oriented programming in Java Kotlin Swift Objective-C or similar.
Experience with client and/or mobile test automation frameworks. e.g. XCTest/XCUITest Selenium WebDriver Appium Espresso etc.
Highly experienced in defining/building/maintaining test coverage for client/mobile applications for a variety of smartphones/tablets.
Deep understanding of quality-related agile methodologies and experience applying them throughout the SDLC.
Hands-on experience using AI in an engineering workflow with sound judgment about where AI helps and where human validation is required.
Proficient with standard QE and engineering tooling: Test suite/case management tools (e.g. TestRail) version control (e.g. GitHub) issue tracking (e.g. Jira) and debugging tools (e.g. Chrome Dev Tools Charles Proxy Postman).
Strong verbal and written communication skills. e.g. Whiteboarding/diagramming system behavior
Proven experience demonstrating analytical thinking reporting leadership customer focus and collaboration.
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelors Degree in a relevant technical field such as computer science or equivalent years of practical work experience.
3 years of post-Bachelors experience in software testing and/or software development; or Masters degree in a technical field 2 year of post-grad testing or software development experience; or PhD in a relevant technical field.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience working in a distributed product-team environment.
Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and/or Google Cloud.
Experience with continuous integration/delivery systems.
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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.
At Snap we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race religious creed color national origin ancestry physical disability mental disability medical condition genetic information marital status sex gender gender identity gender expression pregnancy childbirth and breastfeeding age sexual orientation military or veteran status or any other protected classification in accordance with applicable federal state and local laws. EOE including disability/vets.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law (by example the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring where applicable).
Compensation
In the United States work locations are assigned a pay zone which determines the salary range for the position. The successful candidates starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills experience qualifications work location and market conditions. The starting pay may be negotiable within the salary range for the position. These pay zones may be modified in the future.
The base salary range for this position is $157000-$235000 annually.Required Experience:
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About Company
We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate.