Security Engineer, Applied AI

Onsite$154,000 - $217,000/yrPosted today

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Location: Menlo Park or New York City
Work type: Onsite
Compensation: $154,000 - $217,000/yr
Posted: today
Apply on: metacareers.com

About this role

Meta is seeking a Security Engineer 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. Your work is AI-augmented from day one: you leverage AI tools and agents to accelerate your impact, and where the models fall short, your expertise directly drives their improvement. You will blend hands-on security engineering with applied research: designing and executing novel approaches to security challenges that push both the state of Meta's security posture and the state of the art in AI-driven security. This includes building security products and tools, conducting original adversary research, developing detection and response capabilities, and translating security expertise into scalable, AI-native systems. Your domain knowledge — whether in detection engineering, threat intelligence and adversary analysis, cloud security, adversary simulation, mobile and platform security, forensic investigation, or emerging areas like AI/ML security — becomes the foundation for capabilities no existing AI system can replicate. This role is for security practitioners who want to operate at the intersection of deep security expertise and frontier AI — not just using AI as a tool, but shaping what it becomes.

Responsibilities

Apply deep security domain expertise to identify, scope, and solve complex security problems that require multi-step reasoning, novel approaches, and expert judgment
Build security products, tools, and capabilities — prototyping AI-driven solutions to real-world security challenges at Meta's scale
Design and execute adversarial research, threat intelligence analysis, detection engineering, platform security research, or investigation workflows augmented by AI tools and agents
Identify where AI models lack security reasoning capability and directly contribute to improving them through expert-generated signals, evaluation, and feedback
Develop novel methodologies and reusable approaches that advance both Meta's security posture and AI system performance in security domains
Collaborate with model researchers to translate security expertise into training signal — decomposing hard problems into structured challenges that teach models to reason like security experts
Partner cross-functionally with engineering, product, and research teams to incorporate security innovations into production AI systems
Drive end-to-end execution of complex security initiatives with independence, contributing to the technical direction within the team
Disseminate findings through internal publications, knowledge sharing, and contributions to the broader security community

Minimum Qualifications

B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field, or equivalent experience
5+ years of hands-on security engineering experience in one or more domains: detection engineering, threat intelligence, incident response, cloud security, adversarial simulation, offensive security, mobile/platform security, or digital forensics
Extensive knowledge of attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures
Proficiency in coding with experience in languages such as Python, Go, C/C++, or shell scripting
Experience building security systems, tools, or capabilities — not just identifying problems but engineering solutions
Demonstrated ability to operate independently on complex, ambiguous security challenges

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with forensic investigation — reconstructing attack timelines from evidence across multiple sources
Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
Contributions to the security community (original research, tools, CTF design, conference presentations, publications, vulnerability disclosures)
Background in supply chain security, mobile platform security, network protocol security, or AI/agent security
Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
Experience improving AI model performance through expert feedback, red-teaming, or evaluation design
Experience in planning and executing adversary simulation campaigns or purple team exercises at scale
Experience with mobile platform security (iOS/Android), including IPC exploitation, secure enclave analysis, or platform-specific vulnerability research
Experience with cloud security operations (AWS/GCP/Azure), cloud detection and response, or cloud-native defense
Experience in creating structured methodologies that scale security expertise across teams

Compensation

$154,000/year - $217,000/year; Country: US; Bonus eligible; Equity eligible

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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