Software Engineer - Product (Technical Leadership)

Meta; Redmond; Presencial; AUD 314.000 - 432.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

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

Our teams push user experience boundaries and seek passionate individuals to advance global connectivity. You will lead long-term technical vision, collaborate with leaders, and shape roadmaps while driving performance improvements and reducing

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in CS/engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• 12+ years of programming experience in a relevant language OR 8+ years with a PhD.
• Experience mentoring/executing across executive stakeholders.
• Proven track record planning multi-year roadmaps and large cross-functional efforts.

Responsabilidades

• Oversee complex technical problems and drive feature development across mobile and web.
• Lead long-term technical vision and roadmap for large cross-company initiatives.
• Synthesize requirements and create effective feature roadmaps.
• Identify performance bottlenecks and reduce technical debt at scale.

Conocimientos

Technical leadership

Technical communication

Industry awareness

Stakeholder collaboration

Staffing prioritization

Roadmap planning

Requirements gathering

Performance optimization

Educación

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

Herramientas

AI integration

Code quality

Multilang software dev

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.

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:

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

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Experience in programming languages such as C, C++, Java, Swift, or Kotlin, and scripting languages such as Python, Javascript, or Hack
2. 8+ years relevant experience building large-scale 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:

Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affluent 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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