Senior Security Engineer

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’re looking for a Senior Security Engineer to join our Detection & Response team. You will help protect Snap by improving our ability to detect, investigate, and respond to sophisticated threats across endpoints, infrastructure, networks, and cloud environments.

What you’ll do
- Build threat models and improve detection coverage across the environment
- Design logging, detection, and alerting systems
- Build automation and tooling for threat hunting and incident response
- Investigate alerts and support security incident response
- Partner across teams to respond to threats effectively
- Turn threat intelligence and research into practical detection outcomes

What we’re looking for

- Experience in detection and response, incident response, forensics, malware analysis, or threat intelligence

- Strong coding skills in Python and/or Go

- Deep systems knowledge, with expertise in at least two of: macOS, Windows, Linux, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP

- Strong communication, sound judgement, and a collaborative mindset

Minimum Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience

- 6+ years of relevant security experience, or Master’s degree with 5+ years, or PhD with 2+ years

Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in threat hunting and detection engineering
- Familiarity with Google Cloud, Google Workspace, and AWS
- Experience working cross-functionally in complex environments

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don’t 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.

Our Benefits: Snap Inc. is its own community, so we’ve 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 Snap’s long-term success!