Network Software Engineer - Scalable Distributed Systems

Meta; New York (NY); On-site; USD 184,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking software engineers to join network engineering teams to build scalable distributed systems for datacenter networks in New York. You will design and ship drivers, firmware, and software for network devices and AI workloads, collaborating across hardware, firmware, and software teams to deliver integrated solutions.

The role emphasizes debugging, performance tuning, test automation, and on-call rotation participation, with focus on scalable switch management and HPC library

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, CE, or a relevant field.
• 7+ years software development experience or 4+ years with a PhD.
• 3+ years with network devices and knowledge of routing protocols.
• Proficiency in C/C++ and at least one scripting language.
• Experience developing and automating test suites.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams across hardware, firmware, and software.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and validate drivers, firmware, and software for network devices, transport stacks, and AI workloads.
• Debug complex system-level issues and lead performance tuning to optimize software stack performance.
• Understand software components from multiple partner teams and drive integration efforts.
• Develop and automate test suites for CI/CD frameworks and various components.
• Collaborate with partner teams to integrate software components and participate in on-call rotations.
• Design, develop, and deploy services to manage datacenter network switches and forwarding functions.
• Enhance HPC libraries such as NCCL, RCCL, OneCCL, MPI for parallel computing workloads.
• Develop infrastructure to maintain switch state and enable communication between services at scale.

Skills

C/C++

Python scripting

Shell scripting

Network devices

Test automation

Cross-functional teamwork

RDMA RoCEv2

CUDA/OpenCL

Linux kernel

QEMU FPGA

TCP/IP

HTTP/HTTPS

Load balancers

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Platform services

RDMA/RoCEv2

CUDA/OpenCL

Linux kernel

QEMU

Job description

Meta is seeking software engineers to join network engineering teams to build scalable distributed systems for datacenter networks in New York. You will design and ship drivers, firmware, and software for network devices and AI workloads, collaborating across hardware, firmware, and software teams to deliver integrated solutions.

The role emphasizes debugging, performance tuning, test automation, and on-call rotation participation, with focus on scalable switch management and HPC library