Software Engineer (Leadership) - Infrastructure

Meta; Redmond; On-site; AUD 312,000 - 428,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Meta is seeking principal engineers to oversee complex technical problems and build features across mobile and web platforms. You will guide the team, mentor stakeholders, and push innovation while aligning with long-term missions.

Ideal candidates have a strong track record in leading large-scale infrastructure projects, driving performance improvements, and shaping multi-year roadmaps across organizations. Equity, bonus, and comprehensive benefits are included.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of programming experience in a relevant language OR 8+ years with a PhD
• Experience mentoring executive stakeholders across organizations
• Experience using data and analysis to explain technical problems and provide detailed feedback and solutions
• Experience driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering efforts
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions
• Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmap in which short-term projects ladder to the long-term mission

Responsibilities

• Oversee complex technical problems and build new features across platforms
• Lead world-class team of engineers and researchers to advance the mission
• Drive performance and scalability improvements across systems
• Shape long-term roadmaps and cross-company initiatives

Skills

Technical leadership

Communication

Industry trends

Stakeholder collaboration

Staffing strategy

Tech roadmap

Requirements gathering

Performance & scalability

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or related field

Tools

C

C++

Java

Python

Job description

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

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. 12+ years of programming experience in a relevant language OR 8+ years experience with a PhD
2. Experience mentoring/influencing executive stakeholders across organizations
3. Experience utilizing data and analysis to explain technical problems and provide detailed feedback and solutions
4. Experience driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering efforts
5. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
6. Experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions
7. Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmap in which short-term projects ladder to the long-term mission

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Experience in programming languages such as C, C++, or Java, and scripting languages such as Python, Javascript, or Hack
2. 8+ years relevant experience building large-scale infrastructure applications or similar experience
3. Experience improving quality through thoughtful code reviews, appropriate testing, proper rollout, monitoring, and proactive changes
4. Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
5. Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
6. 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

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