Applied AI Security Engineer - AI-Driven Defenses at Scale

Meta; Augusta (ME); On-site; USD 184,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is hiring Security Engineers for its Applied Artificial Intelligence (AAI) organization. You will design and implement AI-enhanced security capabilities, prototype AI-powered defenses, and advance AI-driven security research at scale.

You will blend hands-on security with applied research, building security products, performing adversary analysis, and translating security expertise into scalable AI-native systems.

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.

Responsibilities

• Identify and solve ambiguous problems within a Security, Trust, or Safety domain where the solution and requirements are initially unknown.
• 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.

Skills

Python

Rust

Threat intelligence

Incident response

Security engineering

Adversarial research

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Python

Rust

Job description

Meta is hiring Security Engineers for its Applied Artificial Intelligence (AAI) organization. You will design and implement AI-enhanced security capabilities, prototype AI-powered defenses, and advance AI-driven security research at scale.

You will blend hands-on security with applied research, building security products, performing adversary analysis, and translating security expertise into scalable AI-native systems.