Security Engineer

Security Engineer
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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 Responsibilities
  • Perform manual design and implementation reviews of products and services that make up the Meta ecosystem, like Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus, Portal, and more.
  • Provide guidance and education to Developers that help prevent the authoring of vulnerabilities.
  • Build automation (static and dynamic analysis) and frameworks with Software Engineers that enable Meta to scale consistently across all of our products.
  • Identify opportunities to prevent security problems at scale.
  • Triage and prioritize security alerts from static analysis tools.
Minimum Qualifications
  • Requires a Bachelor’s degree (or foreign degree equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field and 2 years of experience in the job offered or a computer-related occupation.
  • Experience must include 2 years of experience in the following:
  • 1. Finding vulnerabilities in interpreted languages (PHP, Ruby, Python).
  • 2. Providing security best practice and secure code development guidance to software developers
  • 3. Conducting threat model, secure design and code reviews
  • 4. Programming languages such as Python, Java, C++
  • 5. Common security vulnerabilities along with exploitation and mitigation techniques
  • 6. Authentication and authorization protocols.
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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.

$190,000/year to $200,200/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.


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