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 Companys 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 ( .
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 Companys 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 ( .
Snap Research ( serves as an innovation engine for the company. Our projects range from solutions to hard technical problems that significantly enhance Snaps existing products, to riskier explorations that can lead to fundamental paradigm shifts in the way people communicate and express themselves. The team consists of scientists and engineers who experiment with and invent new technology that has a lasting impact on Snaps products.
We are looking for a Research Scientist to join our Computational Imaging Research Team! The Computational Imaging team ( in NYC focuses on enhancing user experiences with our photo and short form video products, and enabling our creators to make Lenses more easily in Lens Studio. Specifically, our core focus in 2025 is on improving image and video quality (quality assessment, video super resolution, compression, image editing), and animations (animation generation, 3D avatar, video generation for animations). Our research areas include computer vision, computational imaging/photography, 3d motion/video generation, efficient VLMs, and more.
What you'll do:
+ Propose and develop innovative technologies to improve image and video quality, such as (1) image/video super-resolution/restoration, (2) image/video quality assessment, or (3) advanced video codec
+ Enhance the quality of AIGC-generated videos using low-level vision techniques, such as super-resolution and video frame interpolation
+ Contribute to image editing, efficient vision-language model development, etc.
+ Partner with product teams to deliver your technologies to hundreds of millions of Snapchatters
+ Work on projects including on-device neural network (NN) compression or non-NN methods speedup (optional)
+ Mentor research interns, publish your research at top academic conferences or contribute to video compression standards
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
+ Ability to identify and define impactful and challenging research and R&D projects in both academic and product contexts
+ Ability to generate innovative research and engineering ideas through out-of-the-box thinking
+ Strong prototyping, implementation, and programming skills (in Python and/or C++), such as developing or accelerating NN methods (including dataset preparation, architecture/loss design, and NN compression), or non-NN methods.
+ Ability to stay at the forefront of low-level vision or computational photography in academia
+ Ability to remain at the cutting edge of advancements in the image/video quality industry
+ Fast learner with the ability to quickly adapt to new research topics, such as image editing and efficient vision-language models
+ Strong technical foundation in deep learning and computer vision
+ Proven ability to lead and mentor interns, PhD students, and junior researchers, as well as collaborate effectively with product teams
+ Strong and clear communication skills
Minimum Qualifications:
+ PhD in a technical field such as computer science/electrical engineering, or equivalent years of experience
+ Hands-on experience with state-of-the-art neural network techniques such as CNNs, Transformers, GANs, diffusion models, VAEs, and/or other emerging techniques
+ Industry or academic experience in defining and solving research problems in areas such as low-level vision or computational photography, including image/video enhancement and assessment, video compression, image editing, or efficient vision-language modeling
Preferred Qualifications:
+ Hands-on experience with on-device NN compression, such as quantization, pruning, knowledge distillation, NAS, and/or other emerging techniques
+ Successful record of publication in top-tier academic conferences and journals (e.g. CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICLR, NeurIPS, SIGGRAPH, TPAMI) or contributions to video compression standards
+ Strong technical foundation in signal processing, statistics, machine learning, and computer vision
+ Hands-on experience with state-of-the-art non-NN methods in image processing and their speedup on mobile devices, such as Metal for iOS, OpenGL or Vulkan for Android
"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. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please dont be shy and contact us at ....
Our Benefits ( : Snap Inc. is its own community, so weve 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 Snaps long-term success!
If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please dont 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.
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).
Our Benefits ( : Snap Inc. is its own community, so weve 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 Snaps long-term success!
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.
Zone A (CA, WA, NYC) ( :
The base salary range for this position is $173,000-$259,000 annually.
Zone B ( :
The base salary range for this position is $164,000-$246,000 annually.
Zone C ( :
The base salary range for this position is $147,000-$220,000 annually.
This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.
**A Decade of Snap ( **:** Learn about our origin story, values, mission, culture of innovation, and more.
**CitizenSnap ( **:** In our third annual CitizenSnap Report, we demonstrate progress towards our environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals, and we lay out our plans looking forward.
**The DEI Innovation Summit ( **:** Watch highlights from the 2nd annual DEI Innovation Summit, which brings together thought leaders and DEI experts for a day of courageous conversations to enable bold action.
**Snap News ( **:** Stay up to date on the latest and greatest product and innovation news at Snap
Applicant and Candidate Privacy Policy (
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 Companys 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 ( .
Snap Research ( serves as an innovation engine for the company. Our projects range from solutions to hard technical problems that significantly enhance Snaps existing products, to riskier explorations that can lead to fundamental paradigm shifts in the way people communicate and express themselves. The team consists of scientists and engineers who experiment with and invent new technology that has a lasting impact on Snaps products.
We are looking for a Research Scientist to join our Computational Imaging Research Team! The Computational Imaging team ( in NYC focuses on enhancing user experiences with our photo and short form video products, and enabling our creators to make Lenses more easily in Lens Studio. Specifically, our core focus in 2025 is on improving image and video quality (quality assessment, video super resolution, compression, image editing), and animations (animation generation, 3D avatar, video generation for animations). Our research areas include computer vision, computational imaging/photography, 3d motion/video generation, efficient VLMs, and more.
What you'll do:
+ Propose and develop innovative technologies to improve image and video quality, such as (1) image/video super-resolution/restoration, (2) image/video quality assessment, or (3) advanced video codec
+ Enhance the quality of AIGC-generated videos using low-level vision techniques, such as super-resolution and video frame interpolation
+ Contribute to image editing, efficient vision-language model development, etc.
+ Partner with product teams to deliver your technologies to hundreds of millions of Snapchatters
+ Work on projects including on-device neural network (NN) compression or non-NN methods speedup (optional)
+ Mentor research interns, publish your research at top academic conferences or contribute to video compression standards
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
+ Ability to identify and define impactful and challenging research and R&D projects in both academic and product contexts
+ Ability to generate innovative research and engineering ideas through out-of-the-box thinking
+ Strong prototyping, implementation, and programming skills (in Python and/or C++), such as developing or accelerating NN methods (including dataset preparation, architecture/loss design, and NN compression), or non-NN methods.
+ Ability to stay at the forefront of low-level vision or computational photography in academia
+ Ability to remain at the cutting edge of advancements in the image/video quality industry
+ Fast learner with the ability to quickly adapt to new research topics, such as image editing and efficient vision-language models
+ Strong technical foundation in deep learning and computer vision
+ Proven ability to lead and mentor interns, PhD students, and junior researchers, as well as collaborate effectively with product teams
+ Strong and clear communication skills
Minimum Qualifications:
+ PhD in a technical field such as computer science/electrical engineering, or equivalent years of experience
+ Hands-on experience with state-of-the-art neural network techniques such as CNNs, Transformers, GANs, diffusion models, VAEs, and/or other emerging techniques
+ Industry or academic experience in defining and solving research problems in areas such as low-level vision or computational photography, including image/video enhancement and assessment, video compression, image editing, or efficient vision-language modeling
Preferred Qualifications:
+ Hands-on experience with on-device NN compression, such as quantization, pruning, knowledge distillation, NAS, and/or other emerging techniques
+ Successful record of publication in top-tier academic conferences and journals (e.g. CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICLR, NeurIPS, SIGGRAPH, TPAMI) or contributions to video compression standards
+ Strong technical foundation in signal processing, statistics, machine learning, and computer vision
+ Hands-on experience with state-of-the-art non-NN methods in image processing and their speedup on mobile devices, such as Metal for iOS, OpenGL or Vulkan for Android
"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. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please dont be shy and contact us at ....
Our Benefits ( : Snap Inc. is its own community, so weve 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 Snaps long-term success!
If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please dont 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.
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).
Our Benefits ( : Snap Inc. is its own community, so weve 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 Snaps long-term success!
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.
Zone A (CA, WA, NYC) ( :
The base salary range for this position is $173,000-$259,000 annually.
Zone B ( :
The base salary range for this position is $164,000-$246,000 annually.
Zone C ( :
The base salary range for this position is $147,000-$220,000 annually.
This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.
**A Decade of Snap ( **:** Learn about our origin story, values, mission, culture of innovation, and more.
**CitizenSnap ( **:** In our third annual CitizenSnap Report, we demonstrate progress towards our environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals, and we lay out our plans looking forward.
**The DEI Innovation Summit ( **:** Watch highlights from the 2nd annual DEI Innovation Summit, which brings together thought leaders and DEI experts for a day of courageous conversations to enable bold action.
**Snap News ( **:** Stay up to date on the latest and greatest product and innovation news at Snap
Applicant and Candidate Privacy Policy (
Job ID: 488734647
Originally Posted on: 8/9/2025
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