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Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
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
103 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$209,000–$313,000
across 93 roles with salary data.
The Security Engineer, Level 4 joins the Security team to protect the trust and safety of the global community by securing systems and data powering Snapchat. This role involves designing, implementing, and scaling security controls across infrastructure, applications, identity, and cloud environments. You will conduct threat modeling, code reviews, and security assessments while building automation and tooling to improve compliance and observability. The position requires proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Go, or Java, alongside experience with vulnerability scanners, SIEM, EDR, and cloud security frameworks. You will also leverage AI tools to streamline development and audit outputs for architectural integrity. The work focuses on hardening systems, responding to security incidents, and evolving security standards to mitigate risks across complex distributed systems and enterprise-scale infrastructure.
What does a Security Engineer earn in California?
Median $200125 from 42 postings across 15 companies.
Design, implement, and scale security controls across infrastructure, applications, identity, and cloud environments.
Conduct in-depth security assessments, threat modeling, and code reviews to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities.
Build automation, tooling, and systems to improve security compliance, observability, and governance.
Utilize AI tools and high-velocity engineering workflows to ship scalable, production-ready services.
Partner with product and engineering teams to harden systems and reduce risk from design through deployment.
Investigate security incidents, conduct root cause analysis, and recommend remediation strategies.
Define and evolve security standards, practices, and documentation to increase organizational security maturity.
What we're looking for
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical work experience.
2+ years of post-Bachelor’s security related experience; or Master’s degree in a technical field + 1+ year of post-grad security related experience; or PhD in a relevant technical field.
Expertise in infrastructure security, enterprise security, access management, application security, detection and response, or spam and abuse.
Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Python, Go, or Java.
Experience with security tooling including vulnerability scanners, SIEM, EDR, cloud security frameworks, and automation platforms.
Proficiency in leveraging AI tools to streamline development while auditing output for architectural integrity and security risks.
Demonstrated experience securing complex distributed systems and/or enterprise-scale infrastructure (preferred).
Strong programming and software design skills, including debugging, performance analysis, and test design (preferred).
Threat Modeling
Cloud-Native Architecture
Python
Java
Go
Swift
Kubernetes
Container Orchestration
Distributed Systems
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Security Review
Multi-tenant System Design
Platform as a Service
Software as a Service
Python
Go
C#
C/C++
Rust
Linux
Windows
macOS
SAML
OIDC
OAuth
PKI
TCP/IP
UDP
REST
Web APIs
HTTP-RPC
Cloud Security
Web Application Firewall
Multi-factor Authentication
Network Access Control