Product Security Engineer, Technical Lead

Meta; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta's Product Security team is seeking an experienced Product Security Engineer, Technical Lead. In this role, you will address security vulnerabilities across products like Instagram and WhatsApp, ensuring the safety of over two billion users. You will develop tools and frameworks to support developers in creating secure applications, while also sharing your expertise with the community through contributions.

Qualifications

• Experience finding vulnerabilities in interpreted languages.
• Knowledge of best practices in secure code development.
• Coding experience in languages such as PHP, Ruby, or Python.

Responsibilities

• Conduct security reviews of Meta products, including Instagram and WhatsApp.
• Provide guidance to developers to prevent vulnerabilities.
• Build automated analysis frameworks for security enhancements.

Skills

Vulnerability assessment

Secure coding practices

Developer education

Scripting

Education

BS or MS in Computer Science

Job description

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Meta's Product Security team is seeking an experienced hacker who derives purpose in life by revealing potential weaknesses and then crafting creative solutions to eliminate those weaknesses. Your skills will be the foundation of security initiatives that protect the security and privacy of over two billion people. You will be relied upon to provide engineering and product teams with the web, mobile, or native-code security expertise necessary to make effective product decisions. Come help us make life hard for the bad guys.

Product Security Engineer, Technical Lead Responsibilities:

• Security Reviews: perform manual design and implementation reviews of products and services that make up the Meta ecosystem, like Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus, Portal, and more
• Developer Guidance: provide guidance and education to developers that help prevent the authoring of vulnerabilities
• Automated Analysis and Secure Frameworks: build automation (static and dynamic analysis) and frameworks with software engineers that enable Meta to scale consistently across all of our products
  
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS or MS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience
• Experience finding vulnerabilities in interpreted languages. Knowledge of best practice secure code development
• Experience with exploiting common security vulnerabilities
• Knowledge of common exploit mitigations and how they work
• Coding and scripting experience in one or more general purpose languages
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience finding vulnerabilities in interpreted languages. Knowledge of best practice secure code development (php, ruby, python)
• Contributions to the security community (public research, blogging, presentations, bug bounty, etc.)
• Experience creating software that enables security processes
  
  

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.

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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Technology, Information and Internet

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