Senior Manager, Security Engineering, Application Security - Snap - Santa Monica, CA
Snap
About the position
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 its AR glasses, Spectacles . Snap Security teams protect the trust and safety of our global community by securing the systems and data that power Snapchat. We safeguard hundreds of millions of Snapchatters every day, ensuring that every product and service is built on a foundation of security and resilience. Our values guide everything we do - from how we anticipate and mitigate threats to how we collaborate across Snap. We move fast, with precision, and always execute with privacy at the forefront. We’re looking for a Senior Manager to lead our Application Security team here at Snap!
Responsibilities
• 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