Applied AI Security Engineer: AI-Driven Defense

Meta; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 184,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking Security Engineers to join the Applied Artificial Intelligence (AAI) organization. You will combine deep security expertise with frontier AI to build novel defenses, prototype AI-powered security capabilities, and advance AI-driven security at scale.

Expect hands-on engineering, research, and cross-team influence across Trust & Safety, cloud security, and AI integration. You will mentor engineers, lead AI-augmented security programs, and shape security methodologies that scale

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
• Deep expertise in attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures with demonstrated ability to advance the state of the art
• Proficiency in coding with experience in languages such as Python or Rust
• Track record of architecting security systems or programs that operate at scale and influence how others build
• Demonstrated ability to define and drive complex, ambiguous problem spaces with group-level impact
• Experience in driving alignment and resolution across multiple teams and cross-functional partners

Responsibilities

• Identify and solve ambiguous problems within a Security, Trust, or Safety domain where the solution and requirements are initially unknown, driving solutions that affect multiple teams
• 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 the methodologies that make model improvement systematic and scalable
• 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: influence technical direction beyond the immediate team
• Break down problems into smaller, scoped workstreams, owning the most technically complex pieces while enabling others to execute against the overall solution
• Mentor other engineers across the organization, build a community, and act as a role model for security engineering practices and Meta values
• Drive team-wide adoption of practices and standards
• Proactively communicate updates to leadership audiences
• Disseminate findings through internal publications, knowledge sharing, and contributions to the broader security community

Skills

8+ years experience

Python

Rust

Adversary research

Threat intelligence

Cloud security

Incident response

Tools

Python

Rust

Job description

Meta is seeking Security Engineers to join the Applied Artificial Intelligence (AAI) organization. You will combine deep security expertise with frontier AI to build novel defenses, prototype AI-powered security capabilities, and advance AI-driven security at scale.

Expect hands-on engineering, research, and cross-team influence across Trust & Safety, cloud security, and AI integration. You will mentor engineers, lead AI-augmented security programs, and shape security methodologies that scale