Security Engineer, Level 5, Production Security

About the role

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 operates Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world, and Specs Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary dedicated to making computing more human, in addition to Bitmoji, Saturn, and other digital services.

Snap Security teams protect the trust and safety of our global community by securing the systems and data that power Snapchat. We safeguard hundreds of millions of Snapchatters every day, ensuring that every product and service is built on a foundation of security and resilience. Our values guide everything we do - from how we anticipate and mitigate threats to how we collaborate across Snap. We move fast, with precision, and always execute with privacy at the forefront.

We’re looking for a Senior Security Engineer to join the Infrastructure Security team at Snap Inc!

What you’ll do:

- 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

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

- Solid development skills in at least one of the following languages: Go, Python and/or Java

- Deep understanding of one or more infrastructure domains and technologies: Kubernetes, Containers, Service Mesh (e.g., Istio, Envoy), Networking and/or Linux internals.

- Hands-on experience deploying and securing services in multi-cloud environments, particularly AWS and Google Cloud Platform.

- Knowledge and experience working with authentication and authorization protocols/frameworks (OpenID Connect, OAuth, or Identity Federation)

- Familiarity with cloud security tools such as Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) platforms and native AWS/GCP security services.