Security at Snap

As an Application Security Engineer, you’ll help secure Snapchat’s products and services across mobile, backend, and development infrastructure. You’ll build and improve security platforms, conduct threat modeling and secure code reviews, and partner closely with engineering teams to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities before they reach production. From strengthening mobile and backend defenses to developing AI-powered security tooling, you’ll help embed security into every stage of the software development lifecycle and shape the future of product security at Snap.

What you’ll work on:

- AI-driven security reviews and security automation

- Mobile and backend security hardening

- Secure code review and threat modeling

As a Security Engineer on Snap’s Spam & Abuse team, you’ll build scalable solutions to protect Snapchat users from account takeovers, fake accounts, and malicious activity. You’ll develop systems that prevent abuse before it happens, detect suspicious behavior across the platform, and enforce actions against bad actors while helping legitimate users recover compromised accounts. Working on some of Snap’s most unique security challenges, you’ll design and build custom defenses that operate at massive scale and directly impact the safety of millions of users.

What you’ll work on:

- Account takeover prevention and detection

- Spam, fake account, and abuse mitigation

- Security signals, behavioral analysis, and detection systems

As a Detection & Response Engineer, you’ll help protect Snapchat’s infrastructure by detecting, investigating, and responding to threats across cloud and containerized environments. You’ll build and improve security tooling, develop meaningful threat detections, and partner with engineers to strengthen Snap’s ability to identify and neutralize security risks at scale. From threat hunting and incident investigations to creating custom detection and response capabilities, you’ll play a key role in defending Snap’s systems and data against an evolving threat landscape.

What you’ll work on:

- Threat detection across cloud and container environments

- Incident response and security investigations

- Detection engineering and threat hunting

As a Production Security Engineer, you’ll build and secure the infrastructure, platforms, and access systems that power Snapchat. You’ll develop security services that protect cloud environments, backend platforms, and internal infrastructure while partnering with engineering teams to solve security challenges at scale. From securing AWS and GCP resources to building authentication, authorization, and secure access gateways, you’ll write software that enables strong security without slowing down development, helping protect some of Snap’s most critical production systems.

What you’ll work on:

- Cloud security across AWS and Google Cloud

- Platform security for microservices, Kubernetes, and AI/ML infrastructure

As an Identity & Access Management Engineer, you’ll build and scale the systems that provide secure, reliable, and frictionless access to Snap’s data and infrastructure. You’ll develop identity, authentication, and authorization solutions that protect company assets while enabling employees and services to move quickly and securely. From designing least-privilege access models and automating identity lifecycle management to securing multi-cloud environments, you’ll help build the foundation of enterprise security across Snap.

What you’ll work on:

- Least-privilege access, RBAC, and ABAC models

- Identity lifecycle management and access governance

- Secrets management, service accounts, and secure access automation

As an Enterprise Security Engineer, you’ll help secure the systems, devices, and applications that power day-to-day operations across the company. You’ll build and integrate security solutions, partner with business teams to evaluate risk, and drive security initiatives that enable employees to work efficiently while maintaining strong security controls. From advancing Zero Trust and vulnerability management programs to strengthening insider risk and SaaS security, you’ll play a key role in improving Snap’s overall security posture.

What you’ll work on:

- Zero Trust and BeyondCorp security initiatives

- Enterprise security for devices, SaaS applications, and corporate infrastructure

- Data loss prevention (DLP) and insider risk controls

- Networking, endpoint security, and device trust solutions

As a Privacy Engineer, you’ll help design and build systems that protect user data while enabling products and infrastructure to operate at scale. You’ll work across privacy technologies, product development, and platform infrastructure to ensure privacy guarantees are built into the design, implementation, and operation of Snap’s systems. From developing privacy-preserving architectures and data protection mechanisms to evaluating privacy risks and guiding product decisions, you’ll play a key role in advancing privacy-by-design across the company.

What you’ll work on:

- Privacy-preserving systems and infrastructure

- Data protection, anonymization, and privacy-safe access controls

- Differential privacy, cryptography, and privacy-enhancing technologies

- Privacy reviews, risk assessments, and privacy-by-design initiatives