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 Team is Snap’s dedicated in-house law firm, 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 culture centered on Snap’s values of Kind, Smart, and Creative.

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

The team: 

• Supports Snap’s T&S and S&A teams in connection with the detection, investigation, and enforcement of Community Guidelines and Terms of Service violations;

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

• 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 contribute to a range of cross-functional safety initiatives and prepare external messaging; and

• 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.

What you’ll do:

• Working closely with the Communications team, formalize and manage a process for developing and regularly updating a library of external messaging points, as well as resources for the Communications, Legal, Policy, and other teams on key points relating to various platform safety areas.

• Collaborate with the Product, Operations, S&A, and Policy teams on detecting and mitigating risks related to child safety, as well as testing and refining product and operational defenses.

• Advise the T&S, Product, S&A, and Engineering teams on matters relating to compliance with obligations under platform safety, transparency reporting, and content regulations (e.g., the EU Digital Services Act, the UK Online Safety Act, and U.S. state and federal laws); required reporting to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC); and the enforcement of Snap’s Community Guidelines and Terms of Service.

• Partner with the Policy team on legislative proposals and developments impacting user safety and outreach to government authorities.

• 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 safety laws, and to support litigation defense.

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

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.

  • Proven ability to project manage key initiatives, working closely with multiple stakeholders to drive projects to successful completion.

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

• 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.

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

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience as a criminal prosecutor, or in-house or at a law firm advising technology companies on trust and safety, product safety, and related matters. Experience conducting criminal investigations into child sexual exploitation and investigating Terms of Service/Community Guidelines violations would also be valuable.

• Experience drafting or advising on public communications and responses to press inquiries.

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

• Preferred locations are Washington, D.C. and New York.

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.