Production Engineer

Meta; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in London seeks a Production Engineer to ensure reliability and scalability of their services. The role requires 4+ years in coding and maintenance of production services. Candidates should have a Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field. Join a dynamic team to tackle challenges in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience coding in PHP, Python, C++, Rust, or Java.
• 4+ years experience with production services/platforms.
• 4+ years in software development frameworks and APIs.

Responsibilities

• Own the reliability and scalability of Meta's services.
• Write and review code for production systems.
• Participate in on-call rotations for live service incidents.

Skills

Coding in higher-level languages

Building and maintaining production services

Debugging complex systems

Understanding of TCP/IP network fundamentals

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

Summary:

Production Engineers at Meta are hybrid software/systems engineers who ensure that Meta's services run smoothly and have the capacity for future growth. They are embedded in every one of Facebook's product and infrastructure teams, and are core participants in every significant engineering effort underway in the company.Our team members come with varying levels of experience and backgrounds. Relevant industry experience is important (Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), Systems Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Network Engineer, Database Administrator or similar role), but ultimately less so than your demonstrated abilities and attitude. We sail into uncharted waters every day at Meta in Production Engineering, and we are always learning.This position is full-time.

Required Skills:

Production Engineer Responsibilities:

1. Own the end-to-end reliability and scalability of the platforms, services, and products built on top of Meta’s underlying infrastructure and network

2. Write and review code, develop documentation and capacity plans, and debug the hardest problems, on some of the largest and most complex systems in the world

3. Together with your engineering team, you will share an on-call rotation and be an escalation contact for live service incidents

4. Partner alongside the best engineers in the industry on the coolest stuff around, the code and systems you work on will be in production and used by billions of users all around the world

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

1. 4+ years experience coding in higher-level languages (e.g., PHP, Python, C++, Rust or Java)

2. 4+ years experience building, maintaining, and debugging production services/platforms such as cloud infrastructure, load balancers, relational databases, and messaging systems

3. 4+ years experience with software development, frameworks and APIs

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

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Depth of understanding in an areas such as operating systems or TCP/IP network fundamentals

2. Experience with distributed web-scale & Data systems

Industry: Internet