About the role

Snap’s Offensive Security Teamis hiring a Security Engineer (Level 5) to design and lead offensive security and privacy engagements across corporate, cloud, internal apps, and mobile clients.
Responsibilities: Design, execute, and leadoffensive securityandprivacyengagements, includingred , purple, andorangeteam exercises across corporate environments, cloud projects/accounts, internal applications, and mobile client applications. Maintain strong awareness ofreal-world threat actors, including tools, tactics, and procedures; partner with thethreat intelligence teamto enumerate exhaustive killchains that seed and prioritize the future engagement roadmap. Producedetailed post-engagement reportscovering discovered vulnerabilities, security posture strengths/weaknesses, detection coverage, andactionablerecommendations, including prioritized risk mitigation and defensive improvements. Build and operate offensive engagement infrastructure and tooling to run covert operations and emulate adversary tactics, including creation ofcustom implants, payloads, and exploitsto test defenses. Coordinate with other security and privacy teams to share findings, inform strategic roadmaps, and align on security improvement initiatives. Act as a subject matter expert and consultant for security and privacy teams by participating in security reviews, reproducing vulnerabilities, and supportinghigh-stakes incident response .Explore novel research topics tied to Snap’s tech stack and apply lessons learned to future exercises.
Requirements:
  • Proven experience leading offensive security engagements, coordinating multiple security engineers, and managing assessments to thoroughly test and evaluate security measures.
  • Expert knowledgeinfour or moreareas: operating system internals, networking, application development, mobile client development, Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure ( AWS / GCP ), plus payload/implant/exploit development.
  • Coding proficiency in one or more modern languages, including
  • Java , Python, orGo .Adept atthreat modelingand establishingkillchains .Script automation skills using
  • BashandPowerShellto streamline security tasks and improve engagement efficiency.
  • Strong learning drive and ability to succeed in new, unique, and complex technical environments, building foundational understanding and applying it during engagements.
Technologies JavaPythonGoBashPowerShellKubernetesAWSGCPATT&CKMinimum Qualifications Bachelor of Sciencein Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent years of experience in a related technical field. May also include evidence of personal security research (CVEs or blogs), public bug bounty reports, prior CTF participation, and/or GitHub repositories demonstrating security tools you developed.6+ yearsof post-Bachelor’s security-related experience; orMaster’sdegree in a technical field +5+ yearspost-grad security-related experience; orPhDin a relevant technical field +2+ yearspost-grad security-related experience.
Preferred Qualifications: Familiarity with frameworks likeATT&CKto represent tools, tactics, and procedures. Experience leading or participating inincident response, including deep understanding ofdigital forensics , detection engineering, andthreat hunting .Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally at all levels (developers, IT, executive leadership) to align security measures with organizational goals.
Benefits:
  • Paid parental leave
  • Comprehensive medical coverage
  • Emotional and mental health support programs
  • Compensation packages that allow you to share in Snap’s long-term success
  • Equity in the form ofRSUsLocation and Work ModelLos Angeles, CA(onsite)
  • Expect team members to work in the office4+ days per week
  • CompensationZone A (CA, WA, NYC): $209,000-$313,000 base salary annuallyZone B: $199,000-$297,000 base salary annuallyZone C: $178,000-$266,000 base salary annually

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JOB OVERVIEW

Salary

$209,000 per year

Experience level

Lead

Location

Los Angeles, CA

Occupation

Information Security Engineers

Industry

Computer Systems Design Services

Posted

2 days ago

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