Meta
Director Software Engineering - Central Security
$271K–$347K
Menlo Park, CA +2 · Remote · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 22, 2026
- Location
- Menlo Park, CA
New York, NY
Remote, US - Experience
- 10+ years in software engineering; 7+ years in engineering management.
About the job
Leads Meta’s Central Security identity and access management strategy, organization, and automated security controls across infrastructure and AI-agent systems.
What you'll do
- Set multi-year strategy for identity, authentication, and access management across production, corporate, SaaS, and cloud environments.
- Build and scale a global, multidisciplinary engineering and security organization; partner across teams and advise senior leadership.
- Automate access controls and reviews, reduce access-related incidents, and establish agent identity and authorization models.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of software engineering experience focused on security, identity, or infrastructure systems.
- 7+ years of engineering management experience, including managing engineering managers.
- Experience leading identity and access management programs across multiple geographies and threat environments.
- Experience with highly scaled distributed systems and automating access controls at scale.
Nice to have
- Background in agentic access, AI agent authorization models, or emerging identity paradigms.
- Experience with regulatory and compliance requirements related to identity and access management.
Pay
$271,000/year to $347,000/year (base salary)
Tools
Linux, Windows, Active Directory, AI/ML
AI focus
Develop automated and autonomous security systems using AI/ML; secure AI/ML systems across their lifecycle and address risks in agentic features and frontier models, including agent identity and authorization.
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