Product Security Engineer - Technical Lead London, UK • • Technical Security London, UK Technic[...]

Meta; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Product Security Engineer - Technical Lead to enhance the security posture of its software and services. This role involves representing the security organization in product strategy, executing initiatives to improve security maturity, and providing architectural guidance to development teams. Join a team that values innovation and safety, working on cutting-edge technologies that connect billions of users globally. If you are experienced in security best practices and eager to make a significant impact, this is the opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in securing product software and services.
• Experience in designing and improving distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Represent security in product strategy and roadmap development.
• Identify and execute initiatives to enhance security maturity.
• Provide guidance to software development teams for security.

Skills

Security Best Practices

Threat Modeling

Distributed Systems

Communication Skills

Influencing Skills

Education

B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science

Equivalent Experience

Job description

Product Security Engineer - Technical Lead

The Meta Product Security team is responsible for improving the security posture of the software and services. Our work spans across Meta’s family of apps (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp), Oculus, and all of the underlying systems and infrastructure that power these products behind the scenes. We strive to go beyond just identifying security vulnerabilities and flaws by helping teams fix issues before they are live in production and automatically preventing security problems during the development process. We are seeking a passionate and experienced security engineering technical lead to help us build systems which grow the security maturity of the software and services underpinning everything Meta makes today and in the future. Join us, and help keep our billions of users safe!

Responsibilities

1. Represent the security organization in product strategy and roadmap development, ensuring alignment with engineers and leadership.
2. Identify, prioritize, and execute strategic initiatives to enhance the security maturity of our products at scale, leveraging expertise in security best practices and industry trends.
3. Provide architectural, design, and threat-based guidance to software development teams to improve the security maturity before code is written.
4. Eliminate classes of security problems by shifting the detection and preventions left into the development workflow.
5. Act as the primary liaison between the product/engineering teams and the Meta security team.

Minimum Qualifications

1. B.S. or M.S. Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
2. 8+ years work experience securing product software and services.
3. Experience fixing product security risks across broad problem spaces using influence and relationships.
4. Experience in designing, analyzing, improving efficiency, scalability, and stability of distributed systems and conducting threat model assessments of software and services.
5. Experience communicating risks and roadmaps to leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

1. Broad knowledge of the security domain in one or more of the following domains: web applications, mobile applications, distributed infrastructure, consumer devices, production hardware, or a related field.
2. Experience making contributions to the security or privacy community (public research, blogging, presentations, etc.).

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.

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