Security Engineer, Level 3

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 Company’s 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 Engineering teams build fun and technically sophisticated products that reach hundreds of millions of Snapchatters around the world, every day. We’re deeply committed to the well-being of everyone in our global community, which is why our values are at the root of everything we do. We move fast, with precision, and always execute with privacy at the forefront.

We are looking for a Security Engineer  to join either our Enterprise Infrastructure Security (EIS) team or our Detection and Response (D&R) team. In this role, you will work from one of our US West Coast offices to harden our systems, protect our global community, and ensure Snap stays safe as we innovate. Whether you are designing preventative controls or hunting for active threats, you will collaborate across disciplines to secure our corporate devices, applications, and cloud infrastructure.

What you’ll do:

• Design, implement, and operate security controls that protect our corporate devices, applications, and infrastructure, including execution control, device trust, and network segmentation.

• Build and understand threat models which pose an imminent threat to our platform and business.

• Design, pilot, and implement logging and alerting systems to detect malicious activity on Snap Inc.'s endpoints, infrastructure, networks, and cloud environments (AWS/GCP).

• Investigate events generated by the alerting pipeline, triage potential incidents, and drive response efforts.

• Build tools and devise automation strategies in Python and/or Go to improve Snap Inc.’s ability to hunt threats and respond to intrusions.

• Conduct security reviews for new features and technologies, including the secure enablement of AI tools and features.

• Partner with IT and other engineering teams to architect and manage identity and access management (IAM) and SSO integrations.

• Identify, analyze, fingerprint, and build threat intelligence on trends and developments in adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Knowledge of operating system internals, with core competency in two or more of the following: macOS, Windows, Linux, Kubernetes, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud Platform.

• Proven experience in one or more security areas: digital forensics, malware analysis, incident management, host/network intrusion detection, threat intelligence, or endpoint security.

• Strong development skills in Python and/or Go.

• Ability to conduct design reviews and provide actionable mitigation guidance to reduce risk.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with high attention to detail and a record of collaborating with stakeholders at all levels.

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent years of experience in a related technical field

• 1+ years of post-Bachelor’s corporate or enterprise security experience or Master’s degree in a technical field

Preferred Qualifications:

• Background evaluating and securely enabling emerging technologies, including AI tools and features, with a focus on upholding access control boundaries and data protection requirements

• Familiarity with securing lab, IoT, and ancillary systems, including applying hardening standards, monitoring, and access controls across heterogeneous environments

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with high attention to det