Partner Engineer, Content

Meta; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 149,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Meta is seeking a Partner Engineer for Content who will act as the primary technical partner for a portfolio of strategic partners, guiding onboarding through scaled production deployments. The role requires designing scalable integration solutions across APIs and data pipelines, while translating business needs into technical specifications and influencing product roadmaps.

You will work with AI-accelerated development, maintain integration documentation, and drive partner success through

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or related field and 6+ years in software/partner engineering.
• Experience with web/mobile APIs, SDKs or data platforms and debugging complex integrations.
• Ability to translate partner needs into technical specs and influence roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary technical partner for strategic partners integrating with Meta APIs.
• Diagnose and resolve complex integration issues across APIs, SDKs, and data pipelines.
• Develop integration docs, guides, and best practices for partner success.
• Lead integration reviews and audits to ensure policy and quality compliance.
• Build trusted relationships with partner technical counterparts and act as escalation path.

Skills

APIs

Open source languages

Backend development

AI workflows

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decisions

Communication to stakeholders

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

MS in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Python

Java

JavaScript

C/C++

Job description

Our team, Partner Engineering, is looking for impact-focused, entrepreneurial engineers who are ready to bring their ideas and make a difference. We apply our engineering skills and business savvy to solve challenges at the intersection of business and innovation in many of today’s Content industry and products. These include Facebook, Instagram, Reels, Threads, Meta AI, and many more.We are engineers, and we write scalable, high performance code across Meta's products to ship new solutions that address partners’ opportunities and challenges. We also design and deliver technical solutions critical to our partners’ success. In doing so, we help partners realize the full value of working with the Meta family of apps, focusing on helping them grow their business with us while reducing the effort and investment to leverage our platforms.As a Partner Engineer, you will get the opportunity to see the business impact of the solutions you build with our partners. You will get to learn and build on different tech stacks and languages. You will use your entrepreneurial passion and the freedom that the role provides to create your own opportunities and choose how you make an impact. In short, it’s like being the engineering lead in a startup. This role includes a combination of partner-facing time to understand their technical and business needs, and then code solutions to address those needs. That coding output should leverage AI during development and usage as a platform accelerator to help partners and Meta achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.

Partner Engineer, Content Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary technical partner for a portfolio of strategic partners integrating with Meta's platform APIs, guiding them from onboarding through to scaled production deployment
• Diagnose and resolve complex technical integration issues across Meta's APIs, SDKs, and data pipelines, collaborating with internal engineering teams to drive resolutions
• Analyze partner integration health and product usage metrics to identify opportunities for adoption growth, performance improvements, and new feature enablement
• Translate partner business requirements into technical specifications and work with internal product and engineering teams to influence roadmap prioritization
• Develop and maintain integration documentation, technical guides, and best-practice resources that scale partner success across the ecosystem
• Lead technical reviews and integration audits for partner launches, ensuring compliance with Meta's platform policies and quality standards
• Build and maintain trusted working relationships with technical counterparts at partner organizations, acting as a reliable escalation path for high-priority issues
• Work with partners to develop a long- term strategic plan, grounded on business objectives, and manage partners during integrations with Facebook’s platform products and ensure value creation
• Represent Meta and our products, APIs, and tools in partner meetings and industry events
• Identify systemic gaps in partner tooling or support processes and design scalable solutions in collaboration with cross-functional teams
• Share knowledge and technical insights with peers to elevate the team's capability and contribute to a culture of continuous learning
• Leverage AI-integrated workflows to accelerate partner diagnostics, documentation, and solution development, sharing learnings to scale adoption across the team

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• 6+ years of experience in software engineering, partner engineering, or technical solutions engineering
• B.A./B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent degree or experience
• Experience with open source languages such as PHP, Python, Ruby, Objective-C/C++, Swift, Java, Kotlin, or C#
• Experience integrating with or building on top of web or mobile APIs, SDKs, or data platforms, including debugging and troubleshooting complex integration issues
• Experience using data and metrics to identify trends, surface insights, and drive technical or business decisions
• Experience communicating technical concepts and integration guidance in writing to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience managing multiple concurrent partner or customer engagements, prioritizing based on business impact and technical complexity

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience influencing product roadmaps by synthesizing partner feedback and translating it into actionable engineering requirements
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
• Experience with backend development in languages such as Python, Java, or JavaScript, and familiarity with data pipeline or event-tracking architectures
• Experience working on multi-person code bases including open source or personal projectss
• Demonstrated the use of AI tools to redesign workflows, accelerate technical problem-solving, or improve documentation quality and partner outcomes
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
• Experience leveraging best Large Language Model models for accelerated software development
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
• Experience with Meta's advertising or social platform APIs, including the Marketing API, Conversions API, or Meta Pixel
• Experience with open source contributions (especially as part of larger projects)

About Meta:

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affiantive Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.

Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at [e-mail].

$149,000/year to $210,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.