March 8, 2018 / 5:56 PM / in 3 hours

Snapchat owner to cut more than 120 engineers

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Snapchat owner Snap Inc will cut just over 120 engineers and reorganize its engineering team, according to a company memo seen by Reuters on Thursday.

The Snapchat app logo is seen on a smartphone in this picture illustration taken September 15, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Files

The smartphone app known for popularizing disappearing messages will offer a package of benefits to those being laid off, the memo from engineering chief Jerry Hunter said.

Reporting by David Ingram