Lead Software Engineer - Infrastructure & Tech Leadership

Meta; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 271,000 - 347,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join the Software Engineering (Infrastructure) team in Madison, WI. The role focuses on building large distributed components for Facebook-scale systems with sub-second latency and fault tolerance.

Responsibilities include driving technical direction, communicating complex features, and leading cross-functional engineering efforts to deliver scalable platforms.

Qualifications

• Vast experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions.
• 12+ years coding experience in C, C++, Java and/or C#.
• 12+ years experience building server applications.
• Experience driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering efforts.
• Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmap aligning short-term work with long-term vision.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience leading projects with industry-wide impact.
• Significant experience in mentoring/influencing engineers across organizations.

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 and company-wide trends to help assess and develop new technologies.
• Partner and collaborate with organization leaders to improve the level of performance of the team and organization.
• Identify new opportunities for the larger organization and influence staffing/prioritizing these ideas.
• Lead long term technical vision and roadmap for large cross-company efforts.
• Suggest, collect and synthesize requirements and create an effective feature roadmap.

Skills

Cross-functional communication

C/C++/Java/C#

Server applications

Industry-wide engineering

Roadmap planning

Leadership mentoring

Industry-wide leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Equivalent practical experience

Job description

Meta is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join the Software Engineering (Infrastructure) team in Madison, WI. The role focuses on building large distributed components for Facebook-scale systems with sub-second latency and fault tolerance.

Responsibilities include driving technical direction, communicating complex features, and leading cross-functional engineering efforts to deliver scalable platforms.