AI-Driven Security Engineer

Meta; Dover (DE); On-site; USD 184,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking Security Engineers to join our Applied Artificial Intelligence (AAI) organization. As a Security Engineer in AAI, you will apply deep domain expertise to solve hard, real-world security problems, building novel security capabilities, prototyping AI-powered defenses, and advancing the frontier of what AI systems can do in Security, Trust, and Safety.

Your work is AI-augmented from day one: you leverage AI tools and agents to accelerate your impact, and where the models fall short,

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on security engineering experience in one or more domains: detection engineering, threat intelligence, incident response, cloud security, adversary simulation, offensive security, mobile/platform security, digital forensics, trust and safety.

Responsibilities

• Identify and solve ambiguous problems within a Security, Trust, or Safety domain where the requirements are initially unknown and drive cross-team solutions.
• Architect security systems and capabilities that set the standard across teams.
• Drive platform-level decisions for AI-driven security solutions at Meta's scale.
• Lead the strategy and methodology for adversarial research, threat intelligence programs, detection systems, or investigation capabilities augmented by AI.
• Shape how security expertise translates into AI capability: define scalable methodologies for model improvement.
• Set and improve quality standards for security engineering practices and processes across teams.
• Define processes and workflows that achieve scale and automation.
• Drive cross-organizational partnerships that define how security and AI intersect beyond the immediate team.

Skills

Python

Rust

Threat intelligence

Incident response

Cloud security

Adversary simulation

Education

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

Job description

Meta is seeking Security Engineers to join our Applied Artificial Intelligence (AAI) organization. As a Security Engineer in AAI, you will apply deep domain expertise to solve hard, real-world security problems, building novel security capabilities, prototyping AI-powered defenses, and advancing the frontier of what AI systems can do in Security, Trust, and Safety.

Your work is AI-augmented from day one: you leverage AI tools and agents to accelerate your impact, and where the models fall short,