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Security Engineer, Product Security

Meta

214k - 222k USD/year

Office

Menlo Park, CA

Full Time

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta), formerly known as Facebook Inc., builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps and services 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. To apply, click “Apply to Job” online on this web page.Security Engineer, Product Security Responsibilities
  • Perform manual design and implementation reviews of products and services that make up the Meta ecosystem, like Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus, Portal, and more.
  • Automated Analysis and Secure Frameworks: build automation (static and dynamic analysis) and frameworks with software engineers that enable Meta to scale consistently across all products.
  • Developer Guidance: provide guidance and education to developers that help prevent the authoring of vulnerabilities.
  • Help provide technical guidance to our world class bug bounty program and independent security researchers.
  • Push the industry forward through conference talks and open-source projects to contribute broadly to security for the world.
Minimum Qualifications
  • Requires a Bachelor’s degree (or foreign degree equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Software, Computer Engineering, Applied Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, or related field, and 5 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate work experience in the job offered or in a computer-related occupation.
    Requires 5 years of experience in the following:
  • 1. Experience finding vulnerabilities in programming languages (php, python, ruby)
  • 2. Experience addressing security problems by building scalable engineering solutions
  • 3. Experience with exploiting common security vulnerabilities
  • 4. Knowledge in security-focused software engineering, security engineering, and/or building security products
  • 5. Designing, analyzing, improving efficiency, scalability, and stability distributed systems and conducting threat model assessment of software and services
  • 6. Practical experience in applying Machine Learning/GenAI to improve productivity of security teams
  • 7. Experience on using SAST, including taint-flow analysis to automate identification of security vulnerabilities in code
  • 8. Contributions to the security community (public research, blogging, presentations, bug bounty, etc.)
  • 9. Relational databases and SQL
  • 10. Software development tools: Code editors (VIM or Emacs), and revision control systems (Subversion, GIT, or Perforce)
  • 11. Linux, UNIX, or other *nix-like OS including file manipulation and simple commands
For those who live in or expect to work from California if hired for this position, please click here for additional information. About Meta 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.
$213,512/year to $222,053/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.

Equal Employment Opportunity 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 here. Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, fill out the Accommodations request form.

Security Engineer, Product Security

Office

Menlo Park, CA

Full Time

214k - 222k USD/year

August 12, 2025

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