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The Instagram Security Ecosystems team is seeking a product-focused security engineer interesting in enabling Instagram product teams to develop features with a focus on security and user safety.

You will be relied upon to directly work with Instagram engineers, hardening both product features and our protective frameworks that make life harder for bad actors on the Instagram platform.

Product Security Engineer, Instagram Responsibilities: Threat Modeling and Security Architecture: Work directly with product managers and technical leads on threat models and security architecture for novel Instagram features or products Security Reviews: Perform manual design and implementation reviews of web, mobile, and native code Developer Guidance: Provide guidance and education to developers that help prevent the authoring of vulnerabilities Automated Analysis and Secure Frameworks: Work with other security teams to improve Instagram's static and dynamic analysis and frameworks to scale coverage Bug Bounty: Help provide technical guidance to our world class bug bounty program and independent security researchers Industry Impact: Push the industry forward through conference talks and open source projects to contribute broadly to security for the world Minimum Qualifications: B.S.

or M.S.

in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related field, or equivalent experience 8+ years of experience finding vulnerabilities in interpreted languages (Python, PHP) Extensive, proven experience in threat modeling and secure systems design Experience with exploiting common security vulnerabilities Preferred Qualifications: Product software engineering or product management experience Experience in security consulting or other leadership-facing security advisory roles Familiarity with cybersecurity investigations, abuse operations, and/or security incident response Contributions to the security community (public research, blogging, presentations, bug bounty, etc.) About Meta: Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses.

When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect.

Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world.

Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology.

  • Role: Product Security Engineer, Instagram
  • Company: Instagram
  • Location: San Francisco, CA
  • Job found on: 17th of January, 2026
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