Senior Manager of Security Engineering

### Who you are
- Deep expertise in application security, including secure architecture, common vulnerability classes (OWASP Top 10), and modern attack techniques
- Experience building and scaling secure SDLC programs across large engineering organizations
- Strong understanding of web, mobile, and backend application architectures
- Familiarity with security testing methodologies including SAST, DAST, IAST, SCA, fuzzing, and manual code review
- Experience driving threat modeling and secure design practices at scale
- Working knowledge of cloud-native architectures (Kubernetes, GCP, AWS) and modern CI/CD environments
- Strong development background (e.g., Python, Go, Java, or similar) with the ability to review code and guide secure engineering practices
- Experience partnering with product engineering teams in fast-paced, consumer-scale environments
- Strong executive communication skills and the ability to influence without authority
- Demonstrated ability to operate strategically while staying connected to technical details
- Bachelors in technical field such as computer science, mathematics, statistics or equivalent years of experience
- 9+ years of post-Bachelor’s security experience; or a Master’s degree in a technical field + 8+ year of post-grad security experience; or a PhD in a related technical field + 5+ years of security experience
- 2+ years of experience managing high-performing managers or providing technical and strategic leadership for engineering teams focused on advertising applications
- Proven experience in managing, mentoring, and scaling diverse engineering teams to consistently deliver complex, high-impact projects
- Experience leading application security in a large consumer technology company
- Demonstrated success embedding security into high-velocity product organizations
- Experience defining and tracking risk-based security metrics
- Familiarity with privacy-by-design and secure data handling principles
- Experience operating in zero-trust or BeyondCorp-inspired environments
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with high attention to detail
- Experience collaborating across engineering, legal, privacy, and executive stakeholders

### What the job involves
- ​We’re looking for a Senior Manager to lead our Application Security team here at Snap!
- Define and drive a multi-year application security strategy aligned to Snap’s product roadmap and company priorities
- Identify systemic product security risks and assume direct ownership of high-impact initiatives that reduce risk at scale across Snap’s application ecosystem
- Establish scalable practices for secure design reviews, threat modeling, code review, and security testing (SAST, DAST, SCA, fuzzing, etc.)
- Lead application security architecture reviews for high-risk or high-impact product initiatives
- Drive automation-first approaches that increase security coverage while minimizing friction for engineering teams
- Partner closely with Product, Infrastructure, Privacy, and Detection & Response teams to ensure end-to-end security coverage
- Define and track meaningful security metrics and KPIs that measure risk reduction and program effectiveness
- Influence senior engineering leadership and executives on security strategy, risk tradeoffs, and investment decisions
- Participate in and support security incident response efforts related to application-layer vulnerabilities
- Align team direction with organizational goals and contribute to quarterly and annual planning
- Recruit and develop high-caliber security engineers and managers; build an inclusive, high-performing team culture
- Coach and grow managers and senior ICs, strengthening technical depth and leadership bench strength across the org

### Benefits
- Up to 28 weeks of parental leave and return-to-work program
- Adoption, surrogacy, infertility, and fertility preservation benefits
- Backup child care coverage, center-based care support, & caregiver assistance
- Dependent Daycare Flexible Spending Account
- Short-term disability, long-term disability, basic life insurance, and AD&D insurance
- Services to support your path to parenthood & beyond - fertility support & family planning via Carrot, SNOO, Hinge Health
- Lactation rooms (based on office location) and breastmilk shipping coverage
- For Snap, employees taking care of loved ones with complex, chronic, or ongoing care needs (i.e. parent with Dementia, spouse with Cancer, child with Autism), your family can save time, money, & stress with Wellthy
- Comprehensive medical coverage, including PPO, HDHP with HSA, and HMO options
- Dental coverage, including orthodontia benefits
- Vision coverage, including frame and contact allowance and LASIK benefits
- Free membership to One Medical for primary and urgent healthcare services
- Business Travel Insurance
- Gym perks and discounts
- Team fitness classes and races
- Sports leagues
- Cooking and nutritional workshops
- Well-being reimbursement
- Unlimited access to virtual physical therapy with Anthem
- 15 sessions per year of mental health for you + dependents through Lyra
- Generous time off and leave programs. In the US, this includes the following:
- Up to 3 weeks (120 hours) of vacation time and 1 floating holiday for non-exempt team members
- 12 paid holidays per year
- 15 sick and safe days per year
- Meditation and yoga classes
- Speaker series, classes, and subscriptions to educational programs
- Social gatherings, team outings, and volunteering programs
- Snap Inc. provides a 401(k) plan that allows you to save on a pre-tax, Roth, and after-tax basis for your retirement (yes, we even have the Mega backdoor option!) Snap will also match 100% up to 3% of your contribution and then 50% on your 4th and 5th%
- Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare, daycare and commuter
- Health Savings Account with employer contributions
- Rocket Lawyer memberships
- Financial education programs
- Snap exclusive discounts and perks
- Compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!