Android Tech Lead & Principal Engineer — Drive Strategy

Meta; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 219,000 - 301,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking a talented principal engineer for Android who will lead cross-functional teams across mobile and web platforms to build scalable, high-impact features. You will oversee long-term technical visions and partner with organization leaders to drive performance improvements and staffing decisions.

Applicants should have extensive cross-functional leadership experience, a strong track record in roadmap planning, and deep expertise in Android development with Java.

Qualifications

• Experience driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering efforts.
• Proven ability to mentor/influence executive stakeholders.
• Bachelor's degree in CS, CSE or equivalent.
• Experience collaborating across functions to drive solutions.
• Track record of multi-year roadmaps aligning with long-term mission.
• 12+ years of programming or 8+ years with a PhD.
• Experience using data to explain problems and propose solutions.

Responsibilities

• Drive team goals and technical direction for efficiency.
• Communicate complex features and systems clearly.
• Assess industry trends to develop new technologies.
• Partner with leaders to improve team performance.
• Identify opportunities and influence staffing and prioritization.
• Lead long-term technical vision and cross-company roadmaps.
• Gather requirements and craft effective feature roadmaps.
• Identify/resolve performance and scalability issues; reduce tech debt.

Skills

Technical leadership

Android

Cross-functional collaboration

Effective communication

Staffing/prioritizing ideas

Roadmap planning

Performance optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

PhD (advantageous)

Tools

Android SDK

Java

Multithreading

Job description

Meta is seeking a talented principal engineer for Android who will lead cross-functional teams across mobile and web platforms to build scalable, high-impact features. You will oversee long-term technical visions and partner with organization leaders to drive performance improvements and staffing decisions.

Applicants should have extensive cross-functional leadership experience, a strong track record in roadmap planning, and deep expertise in Android development with Java.