Summary
Jacob Cordero is a Senior Staff Software Engineer in Product Identity & Access at Meta with 14 years building security infrastructure and authentication/privacy frameworks for large-scale consumer products. He has led small engineering teams and cross-functional programs responsible for core web request handling, application signing, and cryptographic services that underpin Facebook, Oculus, and related platforms. His background spans hands-on cryptography, incident management, and secure application frameworks, plus earlier work on end-to-end encrypted features and bug-bounty tooling. Based in Seattle, he pairs deep systems and security expertise with practical operational ownership—he’s been the primary maintainer of key signing services and run privacy incident on-call rotations. Outside of Meta he has a strong academic foundation (BS/MS, UC San Diego) and a history of applied security research and platform integrations from internships at Microsoft, Xbox, Cisco, and Raytheon. An engineer who thrives on high‑stakes, behind‑the‑scenes infrastructure, he focuses on making secure, auditable systems work reliably at internet scale.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
University of California San Diego
University City High School