Software Engineer (Leadership) - Machine Learning

Meta; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in London is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead teams in developing cutting-edge products that connect billions of people. The successful candidate will drive technical direction, collaborate across functions, and guide the long-term technical strategy. A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and programming experience are required. This role involves challenging technical problems and has significant impact on global connectivity.

Qualifications

• Programming experience in a relevant language.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or relevant technical field.
• Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmap.
• Experience driving large cross-functional engineering efforts.
• Experience utilizing data to provide feedback and solutions.
• Experience working across functions to drive solutions.
• Experience mentoring and influencing engineers.

Responsibilities

• Drive team's technical direction to improve efficiency.
• Communicate complex features and systems in detail.
• Assess industry trends to develop new technologies.
• Collaborate with leaders to improve team performance.
• Identify new opportunities for the organization.
• Lead long-term technical strategy for cross-company efforts.
• Create effective feature roadmap.

Skills

Programming experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring engineers

Utilizing data for analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

B.S. in a related field

Tools

Hadoop

Spark

Job description

Overview

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.

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