Software Engineer (Leadership) - Infrastructure

Meta; Greater London; Sur place; GBP 140 000 - 180 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Meta is seeking talented principal engineers to join our teams in building cutting-edge products that connect billions of people worldwide. As a member of our team, you will manage complex technical problems, drive architectural direction and deliver scalable features across mobile and web platforms.

This leadership role requires strong collaboration with product and research partners, excellent communication, and a proven ability to plan multi-year roadmaps that ladder to our long-term mission.

Qualifications

• Leadership and cross-functional collaboration experience.
• Data-driven problem solving and solution feedback.
• Experience mentoring engineers across organizations.
• Proven ability to plan multi-year roadmaps aligning with mission.

Responsabilités

• Drive the team's goals and technical direction to pursue opportunities that make your larger organization more efficient
• Effectively communicate complex features and systems in detail
• Understand industry & company-wide trends to help assess & develop new technologies
• Partner & collaborate with organization leaders to help improve the level of performance of the team & organization
• Identify new opportunities for the larger organization & influence staffing/prioritizing these new ideas
• Lead long term technical strategy and roadmap for large cross-company efforts
• Suggest, collect and synthesize requirements and create an effective feature roadmap
• Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues, and drive large efforts to reduce technical debt

Connaissances

Leadership

Cross-functional work

Data analysis

Mentoring

Communication

Roadmap planning

C/C++

Java

Python

Description du poste

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 manage 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.

Software Engineer (Leadership) - Infrastructure Responsibilities:

• Drive the team's goals and technical direction to pursue opportunities that make your larger organization more efficient
• Effectively communicate complex features and systems in detail
• Understand industry & company-wide trends to help assess & develop new technologies
• Partner & collaborate with organization leaders to help improve the level of performance of the team & organization
• Identify new opportunities for the larger organization & influence the appropriate people for staffing/prioritizing these new ideas
• Lead long term technical strategy and roadmap for large cross-company efforts
• Suggest, collect and synthesize requirements and create an effective feature roadmap
• Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues, and drive large efforts to reduce technical debt

Minimum Qualifications:

• Programming experience in a relevant language
• Experience driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering efforts
• Experience utilizing data and analysis to explain technical problems and provide detailed feedback and solutions
• Experience mentoring/influencing experienced engineers across organizations
• 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

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience improving quality through thoughtful code reviews, appropriate testing, proper rollout, monitoring, and proactive changes
• Experience in programming languages such as C, C++, or Java, and scripting languages such as Python, Javascript, or Hack
• Experience building large-scale infrastructure applications or similar experience
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies

About Meta:

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.