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At Snap, Machine Learning Engineers are innovators, transforming massive amounts of data into intelligent, personalized experiences for over 850 million users. From revolutionizing content and ad platforms to enhancing search, our team leverages state of the art machine learning models to drive snapchat’s mission forward: to empower people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn and enjoy the world together. By pioneering technology that understands and anticipates user needs, Snap’s ML team fuels moments of discovery, connection, and joy - impacting lives and advancing human progress every day.
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Innovation & Products: ML work at the Santa Monica HQ is embedded in core product surfaces—Camera/AR Lenses, ranking/personalization, and ads—and ships at large scale, with platforms like Bento and GPU/TPU acceleration enabling rapid deployment. Onsite proximity to product, design, and research shortens iteration cycles and ties models directly to shipped experiences.
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Autonomy: Engineers are expected to own the full lifecycle from data and features through training, deployment, and ongoing optimization, especially on HQ teams. This end-to-end scope provides meaningful decision latitude and clear accountability for production metrics.
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High Talent Density: Colleagues are often seen as kind, smart, and collaborative, with many stakeholders co-located at Santa Monica, including senior leaders. This concentration supports quick problem-solving and strong technical mentorship across ML, product, and AR.
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In this role, you will lead Snap's Lead Generation vertical, driving product strategy, execution, and growth while collaborating with various teams to enhance advertiser experience and product performance.
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Build and ship high-quality messaging features for Snapchat iOS. Improve reliability, latency, and performance of chat and media delivery. Collaborate with product, design, and backend teams, instrument and A/B test features, and maintain code quality, testing, and observability for a large-scale iOS codebase.
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