Software Engineer (Technical Leadership) - Infrastructure

Software Engineer (Technical Leadership) - Infrastructure

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Sunnyvale, CA • Bellevue, WA • Menlo Park, CA • San Francisco, CA + 3 more
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Meta is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join the Software Engineering (Infrastructure) team. The Software Engineering (Infrastructure) team builds large distributed components that run Facebook. Our code serves millions of requests per second and it does so with sub-second latency and in a fault-tolerant manner. We handle everything from Facebook scale data storage, to synchronization and coordination of large server clusters, to providing a runtime environment for front end Facebook code. We are looking for candidates who share a passion for tackling complexity and building platforms that can scale through multiple orders of magnitude.

Software Engineer (Technical Leadership) - Infrastructure Responsibilities

• Drive the team's goals and technical direction to pursue opportunities that make your larger organization more efficient


• Effectively communicate complex features and systems in detail


• Understand industry & company-wide trends to help assess & develop new technologies


• Partner & collaborate with organization leaders to help improve the level of performance of the team & organization


• Identify new opportunities for the larger organization & influence the appropriate people for staffing/prioritizing these new ideas


• Lead long term technical vision and roadmap for large cross-company efforts


• Suggest, collect and synthesize requirements and create an effective feature roadmap

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.


• Experience leading projects with industry-wide impact


• Vast experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions


• Significant experience in mentoring/influencing senior engineers across organizations


• Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmap in which shorter-term projects ladder to the long term vision


• Experience in driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering efforts


• 12+ years coding experience in C, C++, Java and/or C#


• 12+ years experience building server applications

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with operating system internals, file systems, programming language design, or compilers

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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. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today-beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

Meta is committed to providing reasonable support (called accommodations) in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions or sincerely held religious beliefs, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to accommodations-ext@fb.com .

$264,000/year to $342,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.