Security Engineer

Meta; Bellevue (WA); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta's Cross-Meta Security organization in Bellevue seeks a distinguished Security Engineer to lead security strategy and engineering excellence at scale, protecting billions of people and data across infrastructure, products, and platforms.

You will define security strategy across multiple sub-pillars, architect engineered controls, and lead threat modeling and risk assessments for Meta's most complex systems.

Qualifications

• Experience defining security strategy across complex systems.
• Ability to lead threat modeling and risk assessments at scale.
• Experience architecting security controls and guardrails.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive security strategy and engineering standards across multiple sub-pillars.
• Identify and solve high-impact security problems spanning distributed systems and intrusion detection.
• Lead threat modeling and risk assessment efforts for complex systems.
• Architect and implement engineered security controls and defense-in-depth mechanisms.
• Partner with senior leadership to define pillar goals and drive cross-functional execution.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to leadership development.

Skills

Security strategy

Threat modeling

Risk assessment

Security architecture

Cross-functional leadership

Job description

# Security EngineerBellevue, WA+3 locationsEngineering+ 1 moreApply nowMeta's Cross-Meta Security organization is seeking a distinguished Security Engineer to operate at the highest level of technical leadership across the company's most complex and consequential security challenges. In this role, you will define security strategy across entire pillars, drive engineering excellence at scale, and shape how Meta identifies and mitigates systemic risk across its global infrastructure, products, and platforms. You will partner with senior leadership to set direction, influence the broader security community, and deliver solutions that protect billions of people and their data.---## Security Engineer Responsibilities* Define and drive security strategy and engineering standards across multiple sub-pillars, setting the quality bar for security practices, processes, and tooling at a pillar-wide scale* Identify and solve ambiguous, high-impact security problems spanning distributed systems, access control, encryption, and intrusion detection that affect entire organizational pillars* Lead threat modeling and risk assessment efforts for Meta's most complex systems, developing novel approaches to address systemic vulnerabilities across the company* Architect and implement engineered security controls, guardrails, and defense-in-depth mechanisms that enable product teams to move fast while managing risk responsibly* Partner with senior leadership across multiple organizations to define pillar-level security goals, influence roadmaps, and drive accountability for execution across cross-functional teams* Identify capability and tooling gaps across the pillar's security stack and drive technical solutions that achieve scale, automation, and measurable risk reduction* Mentor and develop other engineers and technical leaders across organizations, contributing to hiring at leadership levels and fostering a culture of security excellence