Job Description

Meta's Privacy Engineering team is seeking a Privacy Engineer with experience in applying an adversarial mindset to identify, scope, contain, and eradicate real-world privacy threats to products and infrastructure. Your primary responsibility will be to deal with privacy vulnerabilities by designing and guiding Software Engineers through remediations, learning from security/privacy incidents, and identifying vulnerabilities across our codebase at scale. Your skills will be the foundation of security initiatives that protect the security and privacy of billions of people. You will advance Meta's mission of making the world more open and connected by identifying and neutralizing threats that aim to collect sensitive information or disrupt our systems.
Security Engineer, Identity and Access Management (IAM) Responsibilities
Incident triage & fact identification: Get the right people involved to understand what has happened and assess impact
Follow the facts uncovered in triage to mitigate and remediate the vulnerability
Review and understand what happened and ensure that the root cause and contributing factors are identified, documented, and remediated
Apply technical understanding to ensure Meta learns from each incident to ensure it doesn't resurface
Employ adversarial mindset to proactively identify vulnerabilities across Meta's products
Minimum Qualifications
5+ years work experience in technical privacy, security, or security software engineering domains, including incident response, application privacy/security, and/or offensive security
Experience identifying, analyzing, and remediating real-world privacy/security threats
Software engineering proficiency equivalent to 1+ years work experience coding in Python, PHP, Java, C/C++ (or equivalent language) including code maintenance and review
Preferred Qualifications
Understanding of Machine learning and LLM and AI Agents
Practical experience of analytical and problem-solving skills, including a basic understanding of data analysis techniques
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Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today-beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.
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Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. You may view our Equal Employment Opportunity notice .
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