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The Instagram Security Ecosystems team is seeking a product-focused security engineer interested in enabling Instagram product teams to develop features with a focus on security and user safety. You will work directly with Instagram engineers to harden both product features and our protective frameworks, making life harder for bad actors on the platform.
Responsibilities
- Threat Modeling and Security Architecture: Collaborate with product managers and technical leads on threat models and security architecture for new features or products.
- Security Reviews: Conduct manual design and implementation reviews of web, mobile, and native code.
- Developer Guidance: Educate and guide developers to prevent vulnerabilities.
- Automated Analysis and Secure Frameworks: Improve Instagram's static and dynamic analysis frameworks to scale coverage.
- Bug Bounty: Provide technical guidance to bug bounty programs and security researchers.
- Industry Impact: Contribute to the security community through conference talks and open source projects.
Minimum Qualifications
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related field, or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of experience identifying vulnerabilities in interpreted languages like Python and PHP.
- Proven experience in threat modeling and secure systems design.
- Experience exploiting common security vulnerabilities.
Preferred Qualifications
- Contributions to the security community (research, blogging, presentations, bug bounty).
- Experience in security consulting or advisory roles.
- Product software engineering or management experience.
- Knowledge of cybersecurity investigations, abuse operations, or incident response.
Additional Details
Seniority Level: Mid-Senior level
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Function: Information Technology
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