Senior Counsel

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.

The Legal & Policy Team is Snap’s dedicated in-house law firm, policy consultant, lobbyist, thought partner, and all-around advisor. This team helps Snap do the right thing the right way, make better decisions, understand and manage risks, and creatively navigate challenges, both external and internal. We partner with Snap team members on a wide array of matters, including privacy, product, law enforcement, IP, commercial transactions, corporate governance, employment, acquisitions, litigation, policy, and social impact. We value diversity and know it powers us as we build an innovative and inclusive leadership culture centered on Snap's values of Kind, Smart, and Creative.

We’re looking for a Senior Counsel to join the Safety & Law Enforcement Legal team!  The Safety & Law Enforcement Legal team provides critical support to Snap’s Law Enforcement Operations (LEO), Trust & Safety (T&S), Product, Engineering, Communications, and Policy teams relating to law enforcement requests, investigation and enforcement of Community Guidelines violations, compliance with content moderation and reporting obligations, regulatory engagement, and cross-functional platform-safety initiatives. 

The team: 

• works with Snap’s LEO team to help ensure Snap meets its obligations to produce user data to governments while adhering to relevant laws and protecting user privacy;

• supports Snap’s T&S team in connection with the detection, investigation, and enforcement of Community Guidelines violations;

• partners across our Legal, Policy, Product, and Safety Operations teams to support regulatory compliance, inquiries, and engagement, and influence Snapchat product safety; and

• collaborates with our Privacy Legal, Product Legal, Policy, Engineering, Communications, and other internal partner teams to provide guidance and develop policies and tools that enable Snap to meet increasingly sophisticated and ever-shifting regulatory and legislative requirements, as well as contributing to a range of cross-functional safety initiatives.

What you’ll do:

• Advise the T&S, LEO, Product, and Engineering teams in matters relating to compliance with obligations under platform safety, transparency reporting, and content regulations (e.g., EU Digital Services Act, UK Online Safety Act, and U.S. state and federal laws), and the enforcement of Snap’s Terms of Service and Community Guidelines.

• Support the LEO team on laws and Snap policies governing responses to governmental requests for user data and collaborate on outreach to government authorities.

• Partner with the Policy team on legislative proposals and developments impacting user safety and Snap's data disclosure and reporting obligations.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with teams across the company — including Policy, Product, Engineering, and others in Legal — on safety- and compliance-related tooling, and developments in surveillance and safety laws.

• Collaborate with the T&S team on investigations of Community Guidelines violations and advise regarding potential referrals to law enforcement.

• Collaborate the Policy, LEO, T&S, and Communications teams in responding to inquiries from legislators, regulators, law enforcement, and the press.

• Work with outside counsel to defend against improper attempts to obtain user data, including by civil and criminal litigants.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• A phenomenal teammate with demonstrated ability to work closely with others in a manner consistent with Snap’s values.

• Self-starter who is eager to learn and extremely detail-oriented, with an ability to manage multiple matters simultaneously, think creatively, and accommodate tight deadlines.

• Excellent legal and business judgment, as well as outstanding strategic-thinking skills and analytical ability.

• Comfort with operating in a fast-paced environment and working on ground-breaking legal and policy matters in an ever-changing legal, policy, and factual landscape. 

Minimum Qualifications:

• J.D. from an accredited university.

• Active membership in at least one state bar.

• 8+ years of proven experience advising clients, conducting legal research, and analyzing complex statutory requirements.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in-house and/or at a law firm advising technology companies on trust and safety, product safety, law enforcement response, and related matters.

• Professional experience with digital platform, safety, and content regulations (such as E.U. Digital Services Act, the UK Online Safety Act, and India’s Intermediary Guidelines).  Experience with data protection and privacy laws is a plus.

• Professional experience with laws related to government surveillance, such as the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (i.e., the Stored Communications Act, the Wiretap Act, and the Pen Register Act). 

• Experience conducting criminal investigations (e.g., child sexual exploitation and drug distribution), or investigating Terms of Service or Community Guidelines violations.

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don’t be shy and provide us some information.

"Default Together" Policy at Snap: At Snap Inc. we believe that being together in person helps us build our culture faster, reinforce our values, and serve our community, customers and partners better through dynamic collaboration. To reflect this, we practice a “default together” approach and expect our team members to work in an office 4+ days per week. 

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.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law (by example, the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, where applicable).

Our Benefits: Snap Inc. is its own community, so we’ve got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!

Compensation

In the United States, work locations are assigned a pay zone which determines the salary range for the position. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. The starting pay may be negotiable within the salary range for the position. These pay zones may be modified in the future.

Zone A (CA, WA, NYC):

Zone B:

Zone C:

This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.