Design a device owner lookup service

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This question evaluates a candidate's understanding of system design concepts such as real-time event ingestion, handling out-of-order and duplicate events, scalable storage and indexing, and consistency and conflict-resolution trade-offs.

Design a device owner lookup service

Company: Snapchat

Role: Software Engineer

Category: System Design

Difficulty: medium

Interview Round: Onsite

Overview: This question evaluates a candidate's understanding of system design concepts such as real-time event ingestion, handling out-of-order and duplicate events, scalable storage and indexing, and consistency and conflict-resolution trade-offs.

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Feb 12, 2026
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