Privacy Engineer - Privacy Red Team
@ Meta

Menlo Park, CA
$145,000
On Site
Full Time
Posted 10 hours ago

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About Privacy Engineer - Privacy Red Team at Meta

Meta's Privacy Red Team is seeking experienced, passionate ethical hackers who thrive on discovering privacy weaknesses to better protect user privacy of over a billion people. Your adversarial mindset and offensive privacy skills will be put to work carrying out offensive privacy testing on operations across our products and services.

Responsibilities

  • Execute technical, hands-on offensive privacy testing to identify and exploit weaknesses.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams for remediation efforts.
  • Communicate findings to a diverse technical audience.
  • Advocate for best practices in protecting user data.
  • Plan and lead campaign-style red team operations and testing response strategies.

Minimum Qualifications

  • 2+ years experience in red teaming, penetration testing, or security research.
  • 2+ years hands-on offensive testing skills.
  • 2+ years scripting experience (PHP, Python, Perl, Ruby, etc.).
  • Strong communication skills across researchers, engineering, and product teams.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with offensive testing on web, iOS, or Android.
  • Familiarity with big data and relational databases (Hive, Presto, MySQL, etc.).
  • Contributions to the privacy or security community through bug bounty programs, research, blogging or presentations.

About Meta

Meta builds technologies that connect people, foster communities, and empower businesses. With pioneering platforms like Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp, Meta is expanding into immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to redefine digital connection.

Compensation & Benefits

Base compensation ranges from $117,000 to $173,000/year plus bonus, equity, and benefits. Individual compensation is based on skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Key skills/competency

  • Privacy Testing
  • Red Teaming
  • Penetration Testing
  • Scripting
  • Ethical Hacking
  • Data Protection
  • Security Research
  • Communication
  • Cross-functional Collaboration
  • Remediation Planning
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How to Get Hired at Meta

🎯 Tips for Getting Hired

  • Research Meta culture: Study their mission, products, and recent news.
  • Customize your resume: Highlight offensive security and privacy skills.
  • Showcase technical projects: Detail your red teaming experience.
  • Prepare for interviews: Practice real-life security testing scenarios.

📝 Interview Preparation Advice

Technical Preparation

Review offensive security techniques and methodologies.
Practice scripting challenges in Python or Ruby.
Study penetration testing tools and red teaming cases.
Brush up on privacy and security research best practices.

Behavioral Questions

Describe a challenging privacy testing incident.
Explain teamwork in high-pressure situations.
Discuss how you manage communication with technical peers.
Share an example of learning from a failed test.

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