Security Engineer, Offensive Security Team, 3+ Years of Experience

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe 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 Snapchat , a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world; Lens Studio , an augmented reality platform that powers AR across Snapchat and other services; and it's AR glasses, Spectacles .
Snap Engineering teams build fun and technically sophisticated products that reach hundreds of millions of Snapchatters around the world, every day. We're deeply committed to the well-being of everyone in our global community, which is why our values are at the root of everything we do. We move fast, with precision, and always execute with privacy at the forefront.
We're looking for a Security Engineer to join our Offensive Security Team!
What you'll do:

• Perform comprehensive offensive security and privacy assessments (Red & Orange teaming) across cloud, and mobile environments.
• Emulate attacks from real world adversaries in order to assess and improve our security and signaling.
• Discover vulnerabilities and exploit them in a discreet manner to minimize detection and avoid unnecessary disruption.
• Collaborate with sister security and privacy engineering teams, to provide strategic roadmap guidance, highlighting gaps in our security infrastructure, detection and signaling capabilities.
• Come up with technical solutions to address security weaknesses and work with relevant stakeholders to implement them.
• Write code to build attack payloads, exploit vulnerabilities and automate various team operations.
• Provide subject matter expertise as needed by the incident response team.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Deep understanding of application, network, mobile, operating system or cloud infrastructure security.
• Ability to use modern languages (JavaScript, Python, Go etc.) for enumeration, discovery and payload development.
• Ability to communicate and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders at all levels of a company.
• Experienced with threat modeling and weighing various avenues of attack in offensive security engagements.
• Passion for learning and helping others.
• Excitement for user privacy and security.

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS/BA degree or equivalent years of experience.
• Prior experience performing offensive security assessments.
• 3+ years of experience in a Security Engineer related role.
• If you have limited professional experience, you can still apply by providing evidence of your security research (such as CVEs or blogs), public bug bounty reports, previous CTF participation, or code repositories on GitHub showcasing security tools you have developed.
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Prior experience in scoping and guiding offensive security engagements.
• Experience in Amazon Web Services and/or Google Cloud Platform.

Compensation
In the United States, work locations are assigned a pay zone which determines the salary range for the position. The successful candidate's starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. These pay zones may be modified in the future.

• Zone A (CA, WA, NYC) : The base salary range for this position is $165,00 - $230,000 annually
• Zone B : The base salary range for this position is $157,000 - $219,000 annually
• Zone C : The base salary range for this position is $140,000 - $196,000 annually
• This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs

"Default Together" Policy at Snap: At Snap Inc. we believe that being together in person helps us build our culture faster, reinforce our values, and serve our community, customers and partners better through dynamic collaboration. To reflect this, we practice a "default together" approach and expect our team members to work in an office at least 80% of the time (an average of 4 days per week). For roles with remote consideration: Remote team members still are expected to travel for mandatory in-person gatherings and to fulfill business needs, at least 4 to 6 times per year.
At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE, including disability/vets. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don't be shy and contact us at [email protected] .
Our Benefits : Snap Inc. is its own community, so we've got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap's long-term success!