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Security Engineer, Level 5, Production Security

Snap Inc.· Engineering
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Hybrid (Bellevue, WA; Los Angeles, CA; Palo Alto, CA)$178k - $313kFull timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Senior Security Engineer on the Infrastructure Security team responsible for designing and implementing security controls for Snap's backend services and cloud infrastructure, across multi-cloud environments, with a focus on secure development lifecycle, incident remediation, and privacy.

Responsibilities

  • Design, architect, and implement security controls and frameworks for securing Snap's backend services and cloud infrastructure
  • Influence and improve a wide range of production security controls, including visibility, hardening, identity, authentication, networking, and deployments policies
  • Conduct in-depth security reviews of platforms, back-end services, and business application integrations
  • Identify, triage, and drive remediation of vulnerabilities and misconfigurations across cloud environments and backend systems
  • Implement security into CI/CD pipelines
  • Partner cross-functionally with Infrastructure, Developer Productivity, and Product Engineering teams to embed secure design practices early in the development lifecycle
  • Influence the secure and responsible adoption of LLMs and AI tools across Snap’s engineering ecosystem
  • Mentor and guide junior engineers, setting high standards of operational excellence and security engineering
  • Champion security and user privacy across Snap’s technology ecosystem

Qualifications

  • BS/BA degree in a technical field such as Computer Science or equivalent years of experience
  • 6+ years of post-Bachelor’s industry experience; or Master’s degree in a technical field + 5+ year of post-grad security experience; or PhD in a relevant technical field + 2+ years of post-grad security experience
  • Experience with Java, C++, and/or Python

Skills

Required:GoPythonJavaKubernetesContainersAWS and GCPAuthentication/Authorization protocols
Nice to have:Service Mesh (Istio, Envoy)Cloud security tools / CSPM

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.

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