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Privacy Engineer

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses, including Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, and AR/VR technologies.
$147,000 - $208,000
Security
Senior Software Engineer
In-Person
5,000+ Employees
5+ years of experience
Cybersecurity

Job Description

Meta's Privacy Engineering team is seeking an experienced Privacy Engineer to protect the security and privacy of billions of users. This role focuses on identifying, analyzing, and remediating privacy threats across Meta's products and infrastructure. The position requires strong technical expertise in privacy and security engineering, with responsibilities including incident response, vulnerability assessment, and implementing privacy protection measures.

As a Privacy Engineer at Meta, you'll work at the intersection of privacy, security, and software engineering, dealing with real-world privacy threats and guiding Software Engineers through remediations. Your work will directly impact the privacy and security of Meta's global user base across platforms like Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and their AR/VR technologies.

The role requires a strong background in computer science and security engineering, with at least 5 years of experience in privacy/security domains and programming languages like Python, PHP, and Java. You'll be responsible for incident triage, vulnerability remediation, and ensuring that privacy concerns are addressed systematically across Meta's codebase.

This position offers competitive compensation ranging from $147,000 to $208,000 per year, plus bonus, equity, and comprehensive benefits. Based in Menlo Park, CA, you'll be part of Meta's mission to connect the world while ensuring user privacy remains protected. The role presents an excellent opportunity for those passionate about privacy engineering and interested in working on large-scale systems that impact billions of users.

Last updated 2 months ago

Responsibilities For Privacy Engineer

  • Incident triage and fact identification: Get the right people involved to understand what has happened and assess impact
  • Follow the facts uncovered in triage to mitigate and remediate the vulnerability
  • Review and understand what happened and ensure that the root cause and contributing factors are identified, documented, and remediated
  • Apply technical understanding to ensure Meta learns from each incident to ensure it doesn't resurface

Requirements For Privacy Engineer

Python
PHP
Java
  • B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work experience
  • 5+ years work experience in technical privacy or security engineering domains, including incident response, application privacy/security, and/or offensive security
  • 5+ years work experience coding in Python, PHP, Java, C/C++ (or equivalent language) including code maintenance and review
  • Experience identifying, analyzing, and remediating real-world privacy/security threats

Benefits For Privacy Engineer

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401k
Equity
  • Medical Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • 401k
  • Equity

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