Security Engineering Manager, Detection & Response

Location: Zurich, United States

Department: Engineering

Employment Type: Full time

About Snap Inc

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.

About the Role

Snap Inc is a camera company that believes the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. We empower people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together through Snapchat, Lens Studio, and Spectacles. Our Engineering teams in Zurich and globally build fun, technically sophisticated products reaching hundreds of millions of Snapchatters daily, including innovative camera features, AR Lenses, Maps, Chat, and more. We're deeply committed to privacy, moving fast with precision to protect our creative, AR-driven ecosystem. As Security Engineering Manager, Detection & Response, you'll lead a high-performing team in Zurich, part of our global D&R efforts, engineering robust solutions to safeguard our production cloud, corporate infrastructure, and AR innovations from threats. In this hands-on role, you'll own multi-year initiatives scaling security monitoring cost-effectively, ensuring operational excellence in tooling and automation. Directly triage incidents, drive responses during events, and collaborate with US and Australia teams to neutralize threats targeting our camera tech and AR platforms. Embrace an engineering-first mindset to innovate detection for Snapchat's real-time features, balancing short-term ops with long-term strategy while fostering a creative, collaborative culture. You'll align team efforts with Snap's goals, invest in career growth, recruit top talent, and influence our vibrant security community. If you're passionate about protecting AR innovation and camera-driven communication, join us in Zurich to shape the future of security at Snap Inc, where creativity meets cutting-edge protection in a diverse, fun environment.

What You'll Do

• Identify opportunities and assume direct ownership of multi-year, high-impact initiatives which scale our security monitoring efforts in a cost effective manner
• Ensure that security monitoring infrastructure, investigation tooling, and automation systems we build consistently demonstrate high technical quality and operational excellence
• Make judicious prioritization decisions that balance short term goals vs. long term security outcomes, team productivity, operational posture, and system health
• Directly participate in D&R operations, investigate events generated by the alerting pipeline and triage potential incidents
• Work closely with multiple Snap Inc. teams during security incidents and drive response efforts
• Align the team’s direction with the strategic goals of the organization and participate in quarterly/annual planning exercises
• Facilitate effective collaboration across different stakeholders, dependencies and cross-organizational partners
• Invest in your team members’ career growth, use effective performance management tools, and build mechanisms to delegate execution and ensure excellence
• Recruit high caliber engineers to your team and build an engaging, collaborative, and productive team which positively influences the culture of the broader organization
• Protect innovative camera and AR features like Snapchat Lenses, Maps, and Spectacles from emerging threats

Minimum Qualifications

• 9+ years of experience in the field of security monitoring or related security role
• 2+ years of experience in engineering management
• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent years of experience in a related technical field
• Proven experience in one or more of the following detection and response areas: digital forensics, malware analysis, incident management, host/network intrusion detection, threat intelligence
• Development skills in Python, Go, and/or Java
• Advanced knowledge of operating system internals, and a core competency in two or more of the following: macOS, Windows, Linux, Kubernetes, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud Platform

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated knowledge in threat hunting and developing logic to automate threat detection and incident response
• Familiarity with cloud-based services and infrastructure (Google Cloud, Workspace, AWS, etc.)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with high attention to detail
• Practical experience in a BeyondCorp model
• Work record of collaborating with internal and external stakeholders at all levels of a company

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Digital forensics
• Malware analysis
• Incident management
• Host/network intrusion detection
• Threat intelligence
• Python development
• Go development
• Java development
• Operating system internals (macOS, Windows, Linux)
• Kubernetes
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Engineering management
• Team leadership and recruitment
• Prioritization and strategic planning
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Performance management
• Threat hunting and automation

Our Benefits

• Paid parental leave
• Comprehensive medical coverage
• Emotional and mental health support programs
• Compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success
• Default Together policy with dynamic in-office collaboration 4+ days per week
• Opportunities to work on cutting-edge AR and camera technologies
• Inclusive culture fostering diverse backgrounds and creative innovation
• Global team environment with collaboration across US, Zurich, and Australia

"Default Together" Policy: At Snap Inc, we practice a "default together" approach and expect team members to work in an office 4+ days per week.

Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.