Senior Security Engineer — Cloud & Infra

SNAP, Inc.; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 209,000 - 313,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity (RSUs)

Paid parental leave

Comprehensive medical coverage

Mental health support

Job summary

Snap Inc is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to join the Infrastructure Security team in Bellevue, WA. You will design and implement security controls for Snap's backend services and cloud infrastructure, and partner across Engineering to embed secure design practices early in development.

You will mentor junior engineers, influence security across CI/CD, and drive secure adoption of AI tools while upholding user privacy and security in Snap's growing product 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 in security engineering or related field.
• Experience with Java, C++, and/or Python.

Responsibilities

• Design, architect, and implement security controls for 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 Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes

Containers

Istio/Envoy

Networking

Linux internals

OpenID Connect/OAuth

Job description

Snap Inc is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to join the Infrastructure Security team in Bellevue, WA. You will design and implement security controls for Snap's backend services and cloud infrastructure, and partner across Engineering to embed secure design practices early in development.

You will mentor junior engineers, influence security across CI/CD, and drive secure adoption of AI tools while upholding user privacy and security in Snap's growing product ecosystem.