Security Engineering Manager, Detection & Response

Snap Inc. is a technology company that believes the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. The company’s three core products are a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world;

an augmented reality platform that powers AR across Snapchat and other services; and its AR glasses.

Snap teams build fun and technically sophisticated products that reach hundreds of millions of Snap chatters around the world, every day. We’re deeply committed to the well‑being of everyone in our global community, which is why we’re at the root of everything we do. We move fast, with precision, and always execute with privacy at the forefront.

Some core features we build and maintain include Snapchat’s Camera, Creative Tools, Maps, Chat, Memories, Stories, Discover, Games, and Minis. Our infrastructure teams deliver an innovative and cost‑efficient platform that ensures Snapchat is the fastest way to communicate with your friends, no matter where you are in the world. We have one of the fastest growing digital ad platforms, and our monetization teams drive measurable returns for advertisers through novel ad formats like Augmented Reality.

As a Snap engineering team member, you’ll help us build the future of communication.

• Identify opportunities and assume direct ownership of multi‑year, high‑impact initiatives that scale our security monitoring efforts in a cost‑effective manner.
• Ensure that security monitoring infrastructure, investigation tooling, and automation systems we build consistently demonstrate high technical quality and operational excellence.
• Make judicious prioritization decisions that balance short‑term goals vs. long‑term security outcomes, team productivity, operational posture, and system health.
• Directly participate in D&R operations, investigate events generated by the alerting pipeline, and triage potential incidents.
• Work closely with multiple Snap Inc. teams during security incidents and drive response efforts.
• Align the team’s direction with the strategic goals of the organization and participate in quarterly/annual planning exercises.
• Facilitate effective collaboration across different stakeholders, dependencies, and cross‑organizational partners.
• Invest in your team members’ career growth, use effective performance management tools, and build mechanisms to delegate execution and ensure excellence.
• Recruit high caliber engineers to your team and build an engaging, collaborative, and productive team which positively influences the culture of the broader organization.

Proven experience in one or more of the following detection and response areas: digital forensics, malware analysis, incident management, host / network intrusion detection, threat intelligence.

Development skills in Python, Go, and / or Java.

Advanced knowledge of operating system internals, and a core competency in two or more of the following: macOS, Windows, Linux, Kubernetes, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud Platform.

• 9+ years of experience in the field of security monitoring or related security role.
• 2+ years of experience in engineering management.
• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent years of experience in a related technical field.

• Demonstrated knowledge in threat hunting and developing logic to automate threat detection and incident response.
• Familiarity with cloud‑based services and infrastructure (Google Cloud, Workspace, AWS, etc.).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with high attention to detail.
• Practical experience in a Beyond Corp model.

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don’t be shy and provide us some accommodation.

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