Safety & Law Enforcement Counsel, Snap
$202-303k
This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs
Social media & camera company
Be an early applicant
Social media & camera company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$202-303k
This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.
Role
Who you are
- 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
- 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
- Professional experience with criminal and civil litigation, and/or litigation relating to government or civil requests relating to ECPA
Desirable
- Experience as a prosecutor or other relevant government experience, or experience as in-house and/or outside counsel advising technology companies on law enforcement response, trust and safety, and related matters
- Experience conducting criminal investigations (e.g., child sexual exploitation and drug distribution), or investigating Terms of Service or Community Guidelines violations is a plus
- Professional experience with criminal investigative process and interpreting laws related to government surveillance, including the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (i.e., the Stored Communications Act, the Wiretap Act, and the Pen Register Act)
- Professional experience with U.S. and international content regulations (such as NCMEC reporting requirements, the E.U. Digital Services Act, and India’s Intermediary Guidelines) and data protection and privacy laws (such as the GDPR, ePrivacy Directive, and e-Evidence Directive) are pluses
- Santa Monica and Washington, D.C. are preferred locati
What the job involves
- 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 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
- Working with Snap’s LEO team, you’ll help ensure Snap meets its obligations to produce user data to governments while adhering to relevant laws and protecting user privacy
- You’ll support Snap’s T&S team in connection with the detection of, investigation of, and response to Community Guidelines violations
- You’ll partner across our Legal and Policy teams to support regulatory compliance, inquiries, and engagement
- You’ll collaborate 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
- Specifically, you will:
- Help support the LEO team on laws and Snap policies governing responses to governmental requests for user data and collaborate on 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 surveillance and safety laws
- Work with outside counsel to defend against improper attempts to obtain user data, including by civil and criminal litigants
- Partner with the Policy team on legislative proposals and developments impacting user safety and Snap's data disclosure and reporting obligations
- Collaborate the Policy, LEO, T&S, and Communications teams in responding to inquiries from legislators, regulators, law enforcement, and the press
- Assist in advising the T&S team in matters relating to the enforcement of Snap’s Terms of Service and Community Guidelines, obligations under content regulations (e.g., E.U. Digital Services Act), and required reporting to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)
- Collaborate with the T&S team on investigations of Community Guidelines violations and advise regarding potential referrals to law enforcement
Our take
Snap is the social media giant that owns Snapchat, a social media mobile app released in 2011. Created to serve as a more emotive communication form than texting, the app has gained mass popularity, reaching upwards of 400 million daily users worldwide.
After rejecting a billion dollar acquisition from Meta (then Facebook) in 2013, Snap has found itself in competition with the social media giant, particularly with Instagram. Despite this, the company has marked a place for itself in the ever competitive social media space through developing features like a Discover tab, augmented reality lenses, in-app games, ads and monetisation options, as well as launching its paid service, Snapchat+.
Snap has so far not earned an annual profit since going public in 2017, but as Snapchat's user base has continually increased it has nearly closed the gap. Like other tech companies it suffered in late 2022 due to a surprise drop in advertising revenue, but has been rebuilding to its former trajectory since then. Given Snapchat's lasting popularity amongst young people, further success appears likely.
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Company Specialist
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
May 2016
$1.8bn
SERIES F
Mar 2015
$200m
SERIES E
Total funding: $2.6bn
Company benefits
- Paid maternity, paternity and family caregiver leave
- Adoption, surrogacy, infertility and fertility preservation benefits
- Backup child care coverage, caregiver assistance and digital maternity care support
- Short-term disability, long-term disability, life insurance and AD&D insurance
- Comprehensive medical coverage, including PPO, HSA and HMO options
- Dental coverage, including orthodontia benefits
- Vision coverage, including LASIK benefits
- Gym perks and discounts
- Team fitness classes, hikes and races
- Sports leagues
- Cooking and nutritional workshops
- Generous time off and leave programmes
- Meditation and yoga classes
- Emotional and mental health support programmes and apps
- Social gatherings, team outings and volunteering programmes
- Speaker series, classes and subscriptions to educational programmes
- Snap Inc. provides a 401(k) plan that allows you to save on a pre-tax, Roth and after-tax basis for your retirement (yes, we even have the Mega Backdoor option!)
- Rocket Lawyer memberships
- Financial education programmes
- Compensation packages that let you share in Snap's long-term success!
- Have a teammate going through a tough time? Lend them a hand through our internal Snap-a-wish programme! We'll work hard to make sure they get the support they need.
Company values
- We Are Kind - We solve problems through action, make high-quality decisions and think with a strategic mindset
- We Are Smart - We solve problems through action, make high-quality decisions and think with a strategic mindset
- We Are Creative - We gracefully manage ambiguity, cultivate innovation and demonstrate an insatiable desire to learn
Company HQ
Sunset Park, Santa Monica, CA
Articles
Leadership
Evan Spiegel
(CEO)Graduated from Standford with a BS in Product Design.
Bobby Murphy
(CTO)Studied Mathematical and Computational Science at Stanford.
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