Software Engineer (Leadership) - Machine Learning

Meta; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Greater London is looking for a Principal Engineer with expertise in leadership and machine learning. You will manage complex technical issues, drive projects impacting millions, and collaborate across teams to enhance technology solutions. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and is experienced in leading long-term technical efforts. This role promises significant challenges and rewards in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmap connecting short-term projects to long-term missions.
• Experience driving large cross-functional engineering efforts.
• Experience mentoring and influencing seasoned engineers.

Responsibilities

• Drive team's goals and technical direction for organizational efficiency.
• Lead technical strategy and roadmap for cross-company initiatives.
• Identify and resolve performance issues while reducing technical debt.

Skills

Leadership in Software Engineering

Machine Learning

Data Analysis

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or relevant field

B.S. in related technical field

Tools

Hadoop

Spark

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 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, we encourage you to apply.

Required Skills

Software Engineer (Leadership) - Machine Learning Responsibilities:

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

Preferred Qualifications

1. B.S. Computer Science or related technical field
2. Experience with Hadoop/HBase/Pig or MapReduce/Sawzall/Bigtable/Hive/Spark
3. Experience in shipping products to millions of customers or have started a new line of product

Industry

Internet