Production Engineer

Meta; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Production Engineer (University Grad) to develop infrastructure for platforms used by billions of users. The role involves managing complex back-end services and writing high-quality code. Candidates must have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a relevant field, and experience with Unix systems and programming languages such as Java, Python, or C++. This position offers the opportunity to tackle unique challenges in a collaborative, high-impact environment.

Qualifications

• Currently obtaining a Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field.
• Experience coding in an industry-standard language.
• Must maintain work authorization in country of employment.

Responsibilities

• Manage back-end services for major platforms like WhatsApp and Instagram.
• Write and review high-quality code for complex systems.
• Participate in an on-call rotation for service incidents.
• Collaborate with top engineers on production code systems.

Skills

Experience in *nix (Linux, BSDs, or another UNIX-like OS)

Coding in Java, Python, C++, or PHP

Understanding of TCP/IP networking fundamentals

Experience with an RDBMS like MySQL or Postgres

Problem-solving in a team environment

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Summary:

Production Engineers (PEs) at Meta are specialized software engineers who develop the underlying infrastructure for all of Meta's products and services, forming the backbone of every major engineering effort that keeps our platforms running smoothly and scaling efficiently. PEs work across Meta’s product and infrastructure teams to ensure our services are reliable, performant, and capable of supporting billions of users. This means writing high‑quality code, solving complex problems in live production, and tackling challenges that impact over 2 billion people worldwide. Our PEs are embedded in teams across the spectrum, from products like Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus, and Videos to critical backend services such as Storage, Cache, and Networking. The team brings together diverse levels of experience and backgrounds. Working alongside some of the best engineers in the industry, you’ll contribute to code and systems that go into production and are used by millions every day. In Production Engineering at Meta, we navigate uncharted waters daily — solving problems at a scale few others face.

Production Engineer (University Grad) Responsibilities:

1. Own back‑end services which handle fleet management, front‑end services such as WhatsApp / Instagram / Facebook / Meta Ads, infrastructure components that drive Meta’s advances in AI, core services which are used by every team at Meta, the world’s largest MySQL deployments, networking systems and everything in between

2. Write and review code, develop documentation and capacity plans, and debug the hardest problems, live, 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 service incidents

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

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Degree must be completed prior to joining Meta

2. Experience in *nix (Linux, BSDs, or another UNIX‑like OS)

3. Experience coding in an industry‑standard language (e.g., Java, Python, C++, PHP)

4. Experience picking up software, frameworks and APIs

5. Must obtain work authorization in country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Understanding of TCP/IP networking fundamentals

2. Experience with an RDBMS like MySQL or Postgres

3. Knowledge of internet service architectures (such as load balancing, LAMP, CDN's)

4. Experience solving complex problems and comparing alternative solutions, tradeoffs, and different perspectives to determine a path forward

5. Experience working and communicating cross functionally in a team environment

Industry:

Internet