2 days ago
Base Salary
$133k - $235k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and scale security controls across infrastructure, applications, identity, and cloud environments.
- Conduct security assessments, threat modeling, and code reviews to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities.
- Build automation, tooling, and systems that improve security compliance, observability, and governance.
- Use AI tools and high-velocity engineering workflows to design and ship scalable, secure, production-ready services.
- Partner with product, engineering, and operations teams to harden systems and reduce risk from design through deployment.
- Investigate and respond to security incidents, perform root cause analysis, and recommend remediation strategies.
- Define and evolve security standards, practices, and documentation, and promote security awareness across the organization.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical work experience.
- At least 2 years of post-bachelor’s security experience, or a master’s degree plus at least 1 year of post-graduate security experience, or a PhD in a relevant technical field.
- Expertise in infrastructure security, enterprise security, access management, application security, detection and response, or spam and abuse.
- Strong knowledge of security engineering principles, secure system design, and threat mitigation techniques.
- Experience with vulnerability scanners, SIEM, EDR, cloud security frameworks, and automation platforms.
- Proficiency in or strong aptitude for using and critically auditing AI-assisted development tools.
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages, such as Python, Go, or Java.
- Preferred qualifications include experience securing complex distributed systems or enterprise-scale infrastructure and strong programming, software design, debugging, performance analysis, and test design skills.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, intellectual curiosity, and security advocacy skills.
Benefits
- Paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages with long-term equity participation.
- Snap follows a “default together” policy and expects team members to work in an office 4 or more days per week.
- The position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.
About Snap
Snap Inc. builds Snapchat, a visual messaging app, and supports augmented reality through Lens Studio and Spectacles, plus related services like Bitmoji. The company monetizes primarily via advertising and sponsored AR experiences for consumers, creators, and brands. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Santa Monica, it is publicly traded on the NYSE under the ticker SNAP.