Meta · 10 hours ago
Software Engineer (Leadership) - Infrastructure
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$219K/yr - $301K/yr
12+ years expMeta is seeking talented principal engineers to join our teams in building cutting-edge products that connect billions of people around the world. In this role, you will oversee complex technical problems, build new features, and improve existing products across various platforms while leading a world-class team of engineers and researchers.
Computer Software
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
Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues, and drive large efforts to reduce technical debt
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
12+ years of programming experience in a relevant language OR 8+ years experience with a PhD
Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmap in which short-term projects ladder to the long-term mission
Experience driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering efforts
Experience utilizing data and analysis to explain technical problems and provide detailed feedback and solutions
Experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions
Experience mentoring/influencing executive stakeholders across organizations
Preferred
Experience in programming languages such as C, C++, or Java, and scripting languages such as Python, Javascript, or Hack
Experience improving quality through thoughtful code reviews, appropriate testing, proper rollout, monitoring, and proactive changes
8+ years relevant experience building large-scale infrastructure applications or similar experience
Benefits
Bonus
Equity
Benefits
Company
Meta
Meta's mission is to build the future of human connection and the technology that makes it possible.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
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Director, CEO Communications
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