Application Security Engineer, Privacy
@ Meta

New York, NY
$145,000
On Site
Full Time
Posted 23 hours ago

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About the Role

The Application Security Engineer, Privacy at Meta is responsible for identifying, scoping, containing, and eradicating real-world privacy threats to products and infrastructure. This role focuses on protecting user privacy and security by triaging, mitigating, remediating and learning from security and privacy incidents.

Key Responsibilities

  • Triage and fact identification: involve experts and assess impact.
  • Mitigate and remediate incidents based on uncovered facts.
  • Review incidents to identify root causes and contributing factors.
  • Apply technical understanding to prevent reoccurrence.

Minimum Qualifications

B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent work experience). Minimum 2+ years in technical privacy/security engineering including incident response and coding in languages such as Python, PHP, Java, or C/C++.

Preferred Qualifications

At least 5+ years of related experience with technical contributions to the community and cross-disciplinary technical expertise in privacy or security domains.

About Meta

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. From Facebook to immersive augmented and virtual reality experiences, Meta is shaping the future of digital connection. Meta is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity and inclusion.

Compensation & Benefits

This position offers a base salary between $117,000 and $173,000 per year, plus bonus, equity, and benefits. Compensation is determined by skills, experience, and location.

Key skills/competency

  • privacy
  • incident response
  • security
  • application security
  • triage
  • remediation
  • mitigation
  • coding
  • analysis
  • engineering
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How to Get Hired at Meta

🎯 Tips for Getting Hired

  • Research Meta's culture: Study mission, values, news, and reviews online.
  • Customize your resume: Highlight technical privacy and security experience.
  • Showcase coding skills: Emphasize Python, Java, or C/C++ projects.
  • Prepare for interviews: Review incident response and remediation cases.

📝 Interview Preparation Advice

Technical Preparation

Review security frameworks and incident protocols.
Practice hands-on threat triaging exercises.
Update skills in Python, Java, and C/C++.
Study recent privacy incident case studies.

Behavioral Questions

Describe your incident response challenge.
Explain collaboration with cross-functional teams.
Detail communication during a security crisis.
Share learning from past security failures.

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