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Security Engineer, Level 5, Offensive Security

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

About the role

Security Engineer to join Snap's Offensive Security Team, leading offensive security engagements across corporate, cloud, internal applications, and mobile clients; collaborates with threat intelligence and privacy teams to improve security posture and incident response.

Responsibilities

  • Design, execute, and lead offensive security and privacy engagements, including red, purple, and orange team exercises, across corporate environments, cloud projects/accounts, internal applications, and mobile client applications.
  • Maintain understanding of real-world threat actors, tools, TTPs, and collaborate with threat intelligence to enumerate killchains and seed the engagement roadmap.
  • Deliver detailed post-engagement reports identifying vulnerabilities, strengths/weaknesses, assess detection coverage, and provide actionable recommendations with prioritized risk mitigation.
  • Implement and manage offensive security engagement infrastructure and tooling, including development of custom implants, payloads, and exploits to test defenses.
  • Collaborate with other security and privacy teams to share insights and align on strategic roadmaps and initiatives.
  • Serve as a subject matter expert and consultant, participating in security reviews, reproducing vulnerabilities, and supporting incident response.
  • Explore novel research topics relevant to the tech stack to proactively improve security and feed lessons into future exercises.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent related experience
  • 6+ years of post-Bachelor’s security experience; or Master’s degree with 5+ years; or PhD with 2+ years
  • Evidence of personal security research (CVEs or blogs), bug bounty reports, CTF participation, or security tool repositories on GitHub is a plus.

Skills

Required:Offensive security leadershipThreat modeling and killchainsOS internals, networking, app/mobile development, Kubernetes, cloud (AWS/GCP), exploit developmentProgrammingScripting
Nice to have:Security research and incident response

Benefits

  • Our benefits include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that allow sharing in Snap’s long-term success.
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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