Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta), formerly known as Facebook Inc., builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps and services 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. To apply, click "Apply to Job" online on this web page.

Production Engineering Manager Responsibilities

• Set direction for the Backbone Release Engineering team.


• Develop CI/CD solutions.


• Support other engineers and on-boarding of new team members.


• Build test automation systems and supervise on-call rotation for global backbone team.


• Tackle reliability challenges at scale.


• Manage and lead a team of production engineers to deliver technical solutions in reliability, scalability and efficiency of Meta's global backbone network.


• Conduct annual planning and road mapping for the team.


• Performance management and supporting career development of direct reports.


• Develop, design, create, modify, and/or test software services to ensure optimal performance and capacity for growth.


• Own back-end data warehouse services, front-end services like Messenger and Newsfeed, and infrastructure components to ensure services run without incident.


• Write and review code, develop documentation and capacity plans, and debug the problems in real time in highly complex software systems.


• Serve as an escalation contact for service incidents.


• Work on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors.


• Demonstrate good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.


• Number of direct reports may vary.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Analytics, Mathematics, Physics, Applied Sciences, or a related field and 36 months of experience in job offered or computer-related occupation. Foreign equivalent accepted. Requires 36 months of experience in the following:


• 1. UNIX or Linux operating system fundamentals


• 2. TCP/IP network fundamentals


• 3. Coding in at least one of the following higher-level programming languages: PHP, Python, C++, or Java


• 4. Software frameworks and APIs


• 5. Configuring and maintaining applications using at least one of the following: web servers, load balancers, relational databases, storage systems, or messaging systems


• 6. Relational Databases including MySQL


• 7. Network protocols including at least one of the following: NFS, DHCP, NTP, SSH, DNS, or SNMP 8. Network Management tools like DHCP, NTP, SSH, DNS, or SNMP


• 9. Diagnosing and troubleshooting issues ranging from low-level hardware issues to large scale failures within datacenter clusters


• 10. Experience utilizing high performance query engines (Presto or Spark) for big data and


• 11. People management.

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