Ask HN: What is it like to work at public Snapchat?

6 points by antwerpen 7 years ago | 2 comments

A recruiter from Snap reached out to me today and I thought to myself "they must be desperate if they're interested in me". I applied in the past but was ignored, even though I had experience working on a heavily used component of their cloud infrastructure. It could be that I have an extra year of experience under my belt, but I don't think that's the primary reason here.

My guess is that Snapchat is no longer the hottest place to work at. Could you share your experience with pre and post IPO Snap?

drstewart 7 years ago |

Their RSUs vest immediately on a monthly instead of the standard 1 year cliff. I had an offer from December with a pretty generous share package that would have been very lucrative right now had I joined.

HenryBemis 7 years ago |

I saw this "Ask" and checked their Careers website, I am surprised that they have so many 'gaps', and the recruitment on GRC/audit/security is only 2 people.