Manager, Software Engineering, Safety Engineering Mobile Client

We're looking for a Software Engineering Manager to join the Safety Engineering Mobile Client team at Snap!

The Safety Engineering Mobile Client (SEMC) team develops and maintains essential client-side technology driving account security, user authentication, and regulatory compliance throughout Snapchat. This team operates across various mobile platforms and foundational infrastructure to provide robust protections, collaborating with cross-functional partners in backend engineering, product management, and legal departments to deliver high-quality solutions at scale.

- Lead, coach, and grow a high-performing team of engineers working on safety- and security-critical mobile client systems

- Set clear technical direction and execution priorities across a broad portfolio of account integrity, authentication, reporting, and compliance initiatives

- Drive delivery on complex, high-urgency projects with multiple stakeholders and shifting requirements

- Partner closely with Product, Design, Legal, Trust & Safety, backend engineering, and adjacent client teams to define scope and land durable solutions

- Raise the bar on engineering quality, operational excellence, and technical decision-making across the team

- Build a healthy team environment with clear expectations, strong accountability, and active support for career growth

- Hire and onboard strong engineering talent while developing senior ICs and technical leaders within the team

- Balance near-term execution needs with longer-term platform investments that improve leverage, quality, and team velocity

- Utilize AI tools and high velocity engineering workflows to design and ship scalable services while upholding rigorous standards for code correctness, security, and production ready quality code.

- Strong knowledge of software engineering fundamentals, mobile client architecture, and large-scale production systems

- Strong skill in technical judgment, including evaluating tradeoffs across product quality, security, reliability, and speed of execution

- Strong skill in leading engineering execution through ambiguity, competing priorities, and cross-functional complexity

- Strong skill in communication, coaching, and stakeholder alignment across engineering, product, legal, and Trust & Safety partners

- Ability to set technical direction for a team and raise the quality bar through architecture review, prioritization, and engineering decision-making

- Ability to develop engineers and technical leaders through feedback, accountability, and day-to-day coaching

- Ability to operate effectively in fast-moving environments with urgent escalations, changing requirements, and high-visibility deliverables

- Ability to build alignment and drive progress across distributed stakeholders and partially owned work streams

- Proficiency in, or a strong aptitude for, leveraging AI tools to streamline development, paired with the critical judgment to audit generated output for architectural integrity, performance bottlenecks, and security risks.

- Adaptability in learning and applying evolving AI systems and tools to remain at the forefront of engineering trends and modern development practices.

- Bachelor's Degree in a relevant technical field such as computer science or equivalent years of practical work experience

- 9+ years of post-Bachelor's software development experience; or a Master's degree in a technical field + 7+ year of post-grad software development experience; or a PhD in a related technical field + 3+ years of post-grad software development experience

- 1 + year(s) of technical leadership or engineering management experience

- Experience leading engineers delivering production software in mobile, platform, or security-sensitive environments

- Experience leading teams working on account security, abuse prevention, safety systems, authentication, or compliance-related product areas

- Experience driving cross-functional initiatives with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities

- Experience shipping client-side systems on iOS and/or Android at scale

- Experience working with Legal, Trust & Safety, or policy/compliance partners on time-sensitive deliverables

- Track record of hiring, retaining, and developing strong senior engineers or tech leads

Zone A (CA, WA, NYC) : The base salary range for this position is $229,000-$343,000 annually.

Zone B : The base salary range for this position is $218,000-$326,000 annually.

Zone C : The base salary range for this position is $195,000-$292,000 annually.