Backend Engineer, Security

Snap Inc. is a camera company. We believe that reinventing the camera represents our greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Our products empower people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.

We’re looking for a Software Engineer, Backend to join Snap Inc! As a member of the Information Security org, you will prototype, develop and productionize technical solutions to protect user safety on our platform. Working from our Los Angeles, Mountain View, or Seattle office, you will be tasked with solving interesting technical challenges in the user safety domain, architecting and deploying infrastructure to handle our scale and making our platform safe and secure for millions of Snapchatters.

• What you’ll do:

  • Design and implement large-scale defenses to protect user security, privacy, or safety

  • Evaluate and understand the technical tradeoffs of every decision

  • Perform code reviews and ensure exceptional code quality

  • Work cross functionally to deep dive into open problems to keep abuse off the platform

  • Participate in the operational and on-call team duties

• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

  • Ability to prioritize tasks and work independently

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with high attention to detail

  • Experience collaborating with internal and external stakeholders at all levels of a company

  • Experience in solving open ambiguous problems from end to end 

  • Loves learning and being passionate about helping others

• Minimum Qualifications: 

  • Bachelor in a technical field such as Computer Science (or equivalent experience)

  • 3+ years of software engineering experience

  • Strong Java knowledge with a proven track record in developing production quality software

• Preferred Qualifications:

  • Java expert

  • Experience with Python, Go, and NodeJS

  • Experience working with large-scale adversarial challenges as a bonus

  • Experience with Google Cloud and DevOps as a bonus

  • Experience with JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and other front end technologies a bonus

  • Experience with mobile apps and/or databases as a bonus

  • Skill in analyzing and organizing technical data

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 accommodations-ext@snap.com.