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Security Engineer, Level 5, Detection & Response

Snap Inc.· Engineering
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Hybrid (Bellevue, Los Angeles, Palo Alto)$178k - $313kFull timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Senior Security Engineer on the Detection and Response (D&R) team focusing on logging/alerting, automation, threat intelligence, and incident response across Snap Inc.'s endpoints, infrastructure, networks, and cloud environments.

Responsibilities

  • Design, pilot, and implement logging and alerting systems to detect malicious activity on Snap Inc.'s endpoints, infrastructure, networks, and cloud environments
  • Build tools and devise automation strategies to improve Snap Inc.’s ability to hunt threats and respond to intrusions
  • Investigate events generated by the alerting pipeline and triage potential incidents
  • Utilize AI tools and high velocity engineering workflows to design and ship scalable services while upholding rigorous standards for code correctness, security, and production ready quality code
  • Work closely with multiple Snap Inc. teams during incidents and drive response efforts
  • Identify, analyze, fingerprint and build threat intelligence on trends and developments in adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) for sophisticated threat actors spanning APTs and cybercrime.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent years of experience in a related technical field
  • 6+ years of post-Bachelor’s security related experience; or Master’s degree in a technical field + 5+ year of post-grad security related experience; or PhD in a relevant technical field + 2+ years of post-grad security related experience

Skills

Required:PythonCloud platformsOperating systems
Nice to have:Go

Benefits

  • Paid parental leave
  • Comprehensive medical coverage
  • Emotional and mental health support programs
  • Compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Snap Inc.

We contribute to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.

We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate.

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