Security Engineer

Bellevue, WA Menlo Park, CA Until 8/21/2026 15+ years exp H-1B sponsor history First posted April 2, 2026 Last posted April 13, 2026
Job description

Description

Cross-Meta Security’s mission is to protect the company, our community, and their data while empowering safe innovation. To achieve this, we are building a small team of Senior Individual Contributors (ICs) who can solve security-related technical problems across the company in collaboration with various Meta product groups and pillars.

Responsibilities

Lead cross-organizational technical teams to solve challenging cross-domain security problems. Bring together engineering teams that work in adjacent areas to build shared context and tackle bigger problems than they can solve individually. Operate with ownership and accountability for one or more security risks at Meta and drive and influence people to do the right things to comprehensively address those risks while enabling the company to move fast. Disambiguate and decompose problems and solutions and create clarity for others. Provide technical guidance and collaborate with cross-functional partners to define projects goals and milestones. Bolster engineering excellence in everything you do.

Qualifications

B.S. Computer Science or related field 15+ years of experience managing security risk and navigating the tradeoff between security and friction in a large organization 15+ years of experience in driving large cross-company engineering and Security initiatives Experience with system design, threat modeling and risk assessment Experience building engineered controls and guardrails to manage risks Application of security principles such as least privilege, defense in depth, segmentation Knowledge of current threat tactics, techniques, and procedures Experience in distributed systems, access control, encryption, intrusion detection Effective communication that creates clarity and simplicity for others Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements) Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews) Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
About this role

Summary

Lead security teams on cross-domain security problems; design controls, and integrate AI tools.

Job title

Security Engineer

Experience level

15+ years

Minimum experience

15+ years exp

Industry

software

Location requirements

Remote work allowed across specified US locations.

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

security risk managementsystem designthreat modelingrisk assessmentdistributed systemsaccess controlencryptionintrusion detection

Preferred skills

AI integrationethical AI practicesprompt engineeringagent orchestration

Specializations

security risk managementsystem designthreat modelingdistributed systemsAI integration
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Washington, DC, USA

Remote City

Bellevue, WA, USA

Remote City

Menlo Park, CA, USA

Remote City

New York, NY, USA

Remote City