Network Production Engineer: Automation & AI at Scale

Meta; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 154,000 - 217,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta’s Network Production Engineer role designs, builds, and operates a global backbone, data center, and AI network. You’ll create scalable automation, tooling, and network software to keep services reliable at scale.

The position requires strong TCP/IP knowledge, multi-vendor device experience, and programming ability with a track record of scalable systems. On-call rotation and mentorship opportunities are available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 6+ years of experience planning, designing, building, and/or operating scalable and reliable systems/networks.
• Experience coding in Python, C++, Go, Rust, or Java and learning new languages quickly.
• Knowledge of TCP, IPv4/IPv6, routing protocols (BGP/MPLS/ISIS) and related networking services (DHCP/DNS).
• Experience with multi-vendor network devices (Juniper, Cisco, Arista, Brocade).
• Experience maintaining network devices, network management systems, or related services.

Responsibilities

• Establish and implement global best practices and design scalable network solutions.
• Develop automation and tools to support deployments, release engineering, and operations.
• Design solutions that scale across hardware platforms and network equipment.
• Lead automation enhancements for CI, testing, release, and configuration management across backbone, data center, and edge networks.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, and sourcing teams to develop new networking solutions.

Skills

Python

C++

Go

Rust

Java

TCP/IP networking

BGP/MPLS/ISIS

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or equivalent

Master's degree in CS/CE (preferred)

Tools

Juniper

Cisco

Arista

Brocade

Job description

Meta’s Network Production Engineer role designs, builds, and operates a global backbone, data center, and AI network. You’ll create scalable automation, tooling, and network software to keep services reliable at scale.

The position requires strong TCP/IP knowledge, multi-vendor device experience, and programming ability with a track record of scalable systems. On-call rotation and mentorship opportunities are available.