Senior Security Engineer, Cloud & CI/CD Defense

Snap Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 209,000 - 313,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Comprehensive medical coverage

Emotional and mental health support

Long-term incentives

Job summary

Snap Inc. in Los Angeles is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to join the Infrastructure Security team.

You will design, architect, and implement security controls across Snap's backend services and multi‑cloud infrastructure, with emphasis on visibility, hardening, identity, and secure deployments. You’ll conduct in‑depth security reviews, triage vulnerabilities, integrate security into CI/CD pipelines, and mentor junior engineers.

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

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

Skills

Go

Python

Java

Education

BS/BA in CS

Tools

Kubernetes

Containers

Service Mesh Istio/Envoy

AWS

GCP

Job description

Snap Inc. in Los Angeles is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to join the Infrastructure Security team.

You will design, architect, and implement security controls across Snap's backend services and multi‑cloud infrastructure, with emphasis on visibility, hardening, identity, and secure deployments. You’ll conduct in‑depth security reviews, triage vulnerabilities, integrate security into CI/CD pipelines, and mentor junior engineers.