Snapchat Engineering Blog

We track 9 mobile engineering articles by the Snapchat team, published 2020 to 2026. They cover Android and iOS. Snapchat writes most about Performance Profiling, UI Performance and Monitoring.

Snapchat is a multimedia messaging app known for ephemeral photos/videos, Stories, AR lenses, and the Snap Map.

9 articles · Android, iOS

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Snapchat mobile tech stack & focus areas

Built from the platforms and topics of 9 articles the team published.

Platforms: Android 9

iOS 8
Frequent topics: Performance Profiling 7

UI Performance 4

Monitoring 1

AI 1

Architecture 1

Rewrite 1

App Startup 1

Build Time 1
Publishing since: 2020 · latest in 2026
Official blog: eng.snap.com

Most notable Snapchat articles

One pick for each topic the team covers most.

Performance Profiling · UI Performance Performance Optimization Guide Mar 15, 2023 Architecture · Rewrite Cross-Platform Messaging Experience Dec 17, 2021 Build Time · Modularization Shipping Two Apps In One Android Jul 27, 2020

All Snapchat articles by year

2026 1

Performance as a Core Product Feature Mar 19, 2026 · iOS / Android

2023 4

Performance Optimization Guide Mar 15, 2023 · iOS / Android
Mobile Lens Profiler: Case Study Mar 15, 2023 · iOS / Android
Mobile Monitor Mar 15, 2023 · iOS / Android
Lens Performance Toolkit Mar 15, 2023 · iOS / Android

2022 1

EfficientFormer: Vision Transformers at MobileNet Speed Nov 28, 2022 · iOS / Android

2021 2

Cross-Platform Messaging Experience Dec 17, 2021 · iOS / Android
Time to Camera Ready Jan 6, 2021 · iOS / Android

2020 1

Shipping Two Apps In One Android Jul 27, 2020 · Android