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Software Engineer, Device Security, Level 4 at Snapchat

Compensation · Listed in posting

$157,000 – $235,000/yr

Setup
Hybrid
Location
San Diego, California · Los Angeles, California
Type
Full-time
Level
mid
Posted

Description

Snap Inc. is hiring a Software Engineer for its Specs Security team to design, build, and harden on-device security systems for Specs, including permissions, access control, secure IPC, sandboxing, trusted execution boundaries, and on-device AI privacy controls. The role also involves improving fuzzing infrastructure, automated security testing, and continuous validation pipelines across OS, firmware, applications, services, and AI-related data flows. Candidates need a bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience and at least two years of experience building security, privacy, or platform protection features for Linux-based, embedded, mobile, wearable, or connected device systems. The position follows a default-together approach, requiring office attendance four or more days per week, and offers base salaries of $133,000–$235,000 annually depending on the pay zone, plus RSU equity.

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