Director, Security Engineering

Snap Inc.

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Santa Monica, CA · Bellevue · Los Angeles, CA · Palo Alto, CA Posted today $334,000–$500,000 / year
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About Snap Inc.

Snap Inc. is a technology and camera company, best known for Snapchat, offering visual communication, augmented reality, and advertising products.

Snap Inc. currently has 55 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR

The Director of Security Engineering will lead the InfoSec Leadership team, partnering with the Chief Information Security Officer and senior executives to drive security engineering initiatives. This role involves overseeing day-to-day operations across multiple offices, setting strategic vision for platform security, application security, and identity management, while fostering a high-performing team of engineers and specialists. Key responsibilities include establishing KPIs, reporting on risks and progress, ensuring secure-by-design principles in product development, and collaborating with legal, policy, and engineering teams to integrate security into new features. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of security engineering experience, including extensive leadership in managing large-scale engineering organizations, and a background in technical fields like Computer Science. Experience with mobile app development and working in rapidly changing environments is preferred.

Skills

CI/CD Kubernetes AWS Python PostgreSQL Docker Prometheus Grafana GitLab OAuth OpenID Connect JSON Web Tokens Security Architecture Mobile App Development Identity and Access Management Scalable Engineering Solutions Secure-by-Design Principles

What you'll do

  • Oversee day-to-day operations and set strategic vision for Security Engineering teams.
  • Lead a high-performing team of engineers and specialists to foster innovation.
  • Establish KPIs and report on platform risks, progress, and improvement areas.
  • Ensure secure-by-design principles are applied in Snapchat’s product development.
  • Identify, assess, and mitigate security vulnerabilities in Snapchat’s app and services.
  • Partner with legal, policy, product, and engineering teams to integrate security.

What we're looking for

  • BS/BA in a technical field or equivalent experience
  • 10+ years of security engineering experience
  • 5+ years of experience managing a team
  • Proven ability to develop and execute Security Engineering strategies
  • Experience leading large teams and managing engineering & security organizations efficiently
  • Track record of delivering in dynamic, collaborative environments with multiple stakeholders
  • Demonstrated partnership with cross-functional executives across global organizations

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