DevOps Engineer, Cloud

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.

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 DevOps and Cloud Engineer to join the Spectacles Software Engineering Team at Snap 

What you'll do:

 As a member of the System Integration and Test (SIT) team, you'll be responsible for our Google Cloud projects used by the Spectacles organization. Working from our Vienna office, you'll be collaborating closely with the Snap hardware and software teams around the world. In addition you will: 

• Cloud Infrastructure Management: Develop and maintain the Google Cloud infrastructure, including comprehensive monitoring and alerting systems.

• Cost Optimization: Design and implement strategies to achieve significant cost savings on cloud expenses.

• Developer Support & Velocity:

• Provide the engineering team with optimized solutions for local development and continuous integration.Collaborate with global SIT teams to boost the Developer Velocity for the Spectacles organization.

• Innovation & Quality: Rapidly bring cutting-edge Research & Development solutions into production, maintaining a high bar for quality and ensuring efficient iteration.

• System Improvement: Regularly use the products being built to gain context and continually improve the underlying systems supporting product development.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Strong focus on customer satisfaction

• Exceptional skills in root cause analysis.

• Scripting (shell, python) and linux command-line skills

• Very good knowledge of Git, including LFS, hooks, bisect, merge strategies, repo, submodules.

• Experience creating and maintaining CI/CD configurations and workflows (Jenkins, Github, TeamCity)

• Containerization/Virtualization: Docker containers administration and deployment

• Team player with great communication and customer oriented skills and focus

• Fluent in English

• Natural curiosity for products, new technology and innovation

Minimum Qualifications

• BSc or MSc in Computer Science or Engineering or Equivalent Experience

• 3+ years of experience with Unix / Linux environments

• 3+ years of experience in DevOps or SRE roles

• GCP Professional Cloud Architect certification

• Deep experience in monitoring, alerting and cost savings for GCE and GCS

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• GCP Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer certification 

• Integrating CI/CD pipelines with Machine Learning Platform (MCP) or Large Language Model (LLM) tools.

• Proficiency in leveraging AI tools such as Copilot, Cursor, or ChatGPT.

• Valuable Assets (Experience with any of the following is a plus):

• • Configuration Management: Ansible

  • Monitoring and Analytics: BigQuery, Looker, Grafana

  • Networking: VPC networking, Load balancing

  • Containerization and Artifacts: Kubernetes, Docker Registry, JFROG Artifactory

• A strong passion for creativity and solving cutting edge industry problems

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don't be shy and provide us some information.

"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.

Our Benefits: Snap Inc. is its own community, so we've got your back We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap's long-term success