Software Engineer - Android (Technical Leadership)

Meta; Redmond; Presencial; AUD 317.000 - 436.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Meta is seeking talented principal engineers to join our teams in building cutting-edge products that connect billions worldwide. You will oversee complex technical problems, build new features, and improve products across mobile and web platforms.

You will lead a world-class team of engineers and researchers, shaping long-term technical vision, roadmaps, and collaboration across organizations. Salary, equity, and benefits accompany this impactful role.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering efforts.
• Experience mentoring/influencing executive stakeholders.
• Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmaps linking short-term projects to the long-term mission.
• 12+ years of programming experience in a relevant language OR 8+ years with a PhD.
• Experience communicating across functions to drive solutions.

Responsabilidades

• Drive the team's goals and technical direction to pursue opportunities for efficiency.
• Effectively communicate complex features and systems in detail.
• Understand industry & company-wide trends to develop new technologies.
• Partner with organization leaders to improve team and organizational performance.
• Identify opportunities for staffing and prioritizing new ideas.
• Lead long-term technical vision and roadmap for cross-company efforts.
• Synthesize requirements and create an effective feature roadmap.
• Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues; reduce technical debt.

Conocimientos

Technical direction

Communication

Industry trends

Staffing & priorities

Roadmapping vision

Requirements synthesis

Performance & scalability

Cross-functional leadership

Educación

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

PhD with 8+ years experience

Herramientas

Android SDK

Descripción del empleo

Summary

Meta is seeking talented principal engineers to join our teams in building cutting-edge products that connect billions of people around the world. As a member of our team, you will oversee complex technical problems, build new features, and improve existing products across various platforms, including mobile devices and web applications. Our teams are constantly pushing the boundaries of user experience, and we're looking for passionate individuals who can help us advance the way people connect globally. If you're interested in leading a world-class team of engineers and researchers to work on exciting projects that have significant impact

Required Skills

Software Engineer - Android (Technical Leadership) Responsibilities:

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

2. Effectively communicate complex features and systems in detail

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

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

5. 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

7. Suggest, collect and synthesize requirements and create an effective feature roadmap

8. Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues, and drive large efforts to reduce technical debt

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Experience driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering efforts

2. Experience mentoring/influencing executive stakeholders across organizations

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

4. Experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions

5. Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmap in which short-term projects ladder to the long-term mission

6. 12+ years of programming experience in a relevant language OR 8+ years experience with a PhD

7. Experience utilizing data and analysis to explain technical problems and provide detailed feedback and solutions

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Experience with multithreading programming and mobile memory management

2. 4+ years of experience building Android applications in Java using Android SDK

3. Shipped at least one large-scale product to production, supporting millions of active users

4. Experience building maintainable and testable code bases, including API design and unit testing techniques

5. Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)

6. Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)

7. Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies

Public Compensation

$219,000/year to $301,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Industry

Internet

Equal Opportunity

Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affiantative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.

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