Senior Manager, Security Engineering, Application Security

Responsibilities

• Define and drive a multi-year application security strategy aligned with Snap’s product roadmap and company priorities.
• Identify systemic product security risks and own high-impact initiatives to reduce risk across the application ecosystem.
• Establish scalable practices for secure design reviews, threat modeling, code review, and security testing (SAST, DAST, SCA, fuzzing).
• Drive automation-first approaches to increase security coverage while minimizing friction for engineering teams.
• Influence senior engineering leadership and executives on security strategy, risk tradeoffs, and investment decisions.
• Recruit, develop, and coach high-caliber security engineers and managers to build an inclusive, high-performing team culture.
• Utilize AI tools and high-velocity engineering workflows to design and ship scalable, secure services.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field (Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, etc.) or equivalent experience.
• 9+ years of post-Bachelor’s security experience (or equivalent advanced degree combinations).
• 2+ years of experience managing high-performing managers or providing strategic leadership for engineering teams.
• Deep expertise in application security, including secure architecture and OWASP Top 10.
• Proven experience building and scaling secure SDLC programs across large engineering organizations.
• Strong understanding of web, mobile, and backend application architectures.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading application security within a large consumer technology company.
• Demonstrated success embedding security into high-velocity product organizations.
• Experience operating in zero-trust or BeyondCorp-inspired environments.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical coverage and emotional/mental health support programs.
• Paid parental leave.
• Competitive compensation packages including equity (RSUs).

About the Company

Snap Inc. is a technology company that believes the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Through products like Snapchat, Lens Studio, and Spectacles, Snap empowers people to express themselves, live in the moment, and have fun together.