Design Engineer, Core Snapchat

Overview In this Design Engineer role, you will conceive and prototype new products, translating ideas into functional experiences for Snap’s millions of users. You’ll collaborate with design, product, and engineering teams to drive a design-led roadmap and ship impactful features across mobile, web, AR, and AI platforms. You’ll build internal tools, prototype rapidly, and present concepts to leadership, shaping the future of Snapchat and related products. This role blends design curiosity with engineering craft to deliver high-visibility outcomes. Compensation / Benefitspaid parental leavecomprehensive medical coverageemotional and mental health support programsequity/RSUscompetitive compensationinclusive culture ResponsibilitiesConceptualize, prototype, and iterate new productsCreate functional prototypes to quickly bring ideas to lifeDevelop creative tooling and internal systems to improve cross-team workflowsPrototype on multiple platforms including web, AR, and AICollaborate with engineers to ship new products to usersInvent products leveraging technical background and design passionDeliver significant impact on products used by hundreds of millionsCollaborate with designers and researchers to test ideas and iteratePresent concepts and work to CEO and leadershipLead cross-functional teams with PMs and engineering to refine end products Key requirements6+ years post-Bachelor software development or equivalent with a Master/PhD pathExperience with iOS application development (Objective-C and/or Swift)3+ years driving product strategy and/or design decisionsAbility to rapidly prototype fully functional mobile experiencesStrong understanding of iOS software engineering principlesAbility to balance first principles with quick proof-of-concept approachesCreative problem solving and iterative mindsetComfort learning and applying evolving AI systems and toolscreative problem solvingadaptabilitycollaboration in multi-functional teamsiOS development (Objective-C/Swift)rapid prototypingFigma