Meta
Security Engineer - Applied AI
$184K–$257K
Menlo Park, CA +3 · Full-time · Posted Sep 29, 2026
- Location
- Menlo Park, CA
Seattle, WA
Washington, DC
New York, NY - Experience
- 8+ years of hands-on security engineering experience in one or more listed domains.
- Education
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Applies deep security expertise and AI to build security capabilities, conduct adversarial research, and improve detection, response, and investigation systems at scale.
What you'll do
- Architect and build AI-driven security systems and capabilities across teams.
- Lead AI-augmented adversarial research, threat intelligence, detection, or investigation work.
- Develop scalable methods for translating security expertise into improved AI capabilities and workflows.
What they ask for
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of hands-on security engineering experience in one or more listed domains.
- Deep expertise in attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures, with demonstrated ability to advance the state of the art.
- Proficiency in coding, with experience in languages such as Python or Rust.
Nice to have
- Experience improving AI model performance through expert feedback, red teaming, or evaluation design.
- Contributions to the security community, such as research, tools, presentations, or publications.
Pay
$184,000/year to $257,000/year + bonus + equity (base salary)
Tools
Python, Rust
AI focus
Uses AI tools and agents for security workflows; builds AI-powered defenses and AI-native security systems; develops methods to improve AI models using security expertise, including feedback, red teaming, and evaluation.
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