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# Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Technical Leadership) - Central Security

- **Company:** The Meta Game, Inc.
- **Location:** Hartford, CT, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $219,000.0 - $301,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, C++ (Programming Language), Code Review, Encodings, Computer Programming, Computer Engineering, Python (Programming Language), Commercial Software, Cloud Services, Scripting, Technical Debt, Information Technology, Machine Learning Operations, Service Stack, Programming Languages
- **Published:** October 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/1_facebook2-1722686882157341

## About the Role

12+ years of programming experience in a relevant language OR 8+ years experience with a PhD 10.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience 11.
Experience mentoring/influencing executive stakeholders across organizations 12.
Experience utilizing data and analysis to explain technical problems and provide detailed feedback and solutions 13.
Experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions 14.
Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmap in which short-term projects ladder to the long-term mission 15.
Experience driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering efforts **Preferred Qualifications:** Preferred Qualifications: 16.
Experience in programming languages such as C, C++, or Java, and scripting languages such as Python, Javascript, or Hack 17.
8+ years relevant experience building large-scale infrastructure applications or similar experience 18.
Experience improving quality through thoughtful code reviews, appropriate testing, proper rollout, monitoring, and proactive changes 19.
Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements) 20.
Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews) 21.
Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies 22.

## Description

**Summary:** You'll be joining Central Security, Meta's first line of defense technology team, managing risk across critical security domains.
You'll work within a cross-functional team of engineers, analysts, product managers and program managers, collaborating closely with colleagues across Product, Infrastructure and Enterprise Engineering.
You will develop automated and autonomous security systems using AI/ML across high-impact the product security domains.
The organization operates at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and enterprise security, helping shape how Meta approaches security across our entire technology stack, from custom-built systems to commercial software such as cloud services, and increasingly sophisticated AI/ML systems.
Work in this organization includes embedding secure-by-design principles across the AI/ML lifecycle from conception to deployment, and identifying, assessing and mitigating security risks unique to AI/ML systems and the products built on them: classical ML, agentic product features, and frontier models.
You will help navigate the tradeoffs between security requirements and operational friction so that Meta can maintain its pace of innovation while remaining secure. **Required Skills:** Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Technical Leadership) - Central Security Responsibilities: 1.
Drive the team's goals and technical direction to pursue opportunities that make your larger organization more efficient.
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Effectively communicate complex features and systems in detail.
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Understand industry & company-wide trends to help assess & develop new technologies.
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Partner & collaborate with organization leaders to help improve the level of performance of the team & organization.
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Identify new opportunities for the larger organization & influence the appropriate people for staffing/prioritizing these new ideas.
6.
Lead long term technical vision and roadmap for large cross-company efforts.
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Suggest, collect and synthesize requirements and create an effective feature roadmap.
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Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues, and drive large efforts to reduce technical debt. **Minimum Qualifications:** Minimum Qualifications: 9.