Application Security Engineer, Privacy
@ Meta

Seattle, WA
$145,000
On Site
Full Time
Posted 20 hours ago

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About the Role

The Application Security Engineer, Privacy at Meta will join the Privacy Incident Response Engineering team. This role is critical in identifying, scoping, containing, and eradicating real-world privacy threats. You will protect user privacy and security by triaging, mitigating, remediating, and learning from security/privacy incidents.

Responsibilities

  • Triage and fact identification by involving relevant experts.
  • Assess impact and follow facts uncovered in incidents.
  • Review incidents to identify root causes and contributing factors.
  • Apply technical understanding to ensure Meta learns from each incident.

Minimum Qualifications

  • B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 2+ years experience in technical privacy or security engineering.
  • 2+ years experience coding in languages like Python, PHP, Java, C/C++.
  • Experience identifying, analyzing, and remediating privacy/security threats.

Preferred Qualifications

  • 5+ years in technical privacy or security engineering fields.
  • Contributions to the privacy/security community through research, blogging, or presentations.
  • Technical experience in areas such as Application Security or Privacy within a corporate setting.

About Meta

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. With products like Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and future ventures in AR/VR, Meta continues to transform digital connection. Meta proudly supports Equal Employment Opportunity and participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations. Reasonable accommodations are available during the recruiting process.

Compensation

Base salary ranges from $117,000 to $173,000 per year plus bonus, equity, and benefits. Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Key skills/competency

  • Privacy Incident Response
  • Application Security
  • Threat Mitigation
  • Incident Triage
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Python
  • Coding
  • Technical Security
  • Risk Assessment
  • Privacy Engineering
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How to Get Hired at Meta

🎯 Tips for Getting Hired

  • Customize your resume: Highlight incident response and privacy skills.
  • Research Meta: Understand company values and security challenges.
  • Brush up on coding: Focus on Python, PHP, Java, C/C++ projects.
  • Practice situational questions: Prepare examples of threat remediation.

📝 Interview Preparation Advice

Technical Preparation

Review coding challenges in Python and Java.
Study incident response frameworks and case studies.
Practice root cause analysis scenarios.
Revisit application security tools and logs.

Behavioral Questions

Describe handling unexpected security incidents calmly.
Explain a time you collaborated under pressure.
Discuss learning from a past privacy incident.
Share communication experience during technical crises.

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