Principal Engineer – Infrastructure & Systems Leadership

Meta; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 219,000 - 301,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking principal engineers to join teams building cutting-edge infrastructure that scales to billions of users. You will oversee complex technical problems, shape long-term roadmaps, and lead a world-class team of engineers and researchers across mobile and web platforms from Madison, WI.

The role emphasizes driving goals, communicating complex features, collaborating with senior leaders to improve performance, and identifying opportunities to reduce debt while advancing AI-enabled

Qualifications

• 12+ years of programming experience in a relevant language OR 8+ years with a PhD
• Experience mentoring executive stakeholders across organizations
• Experience using data/analysis to explain problems and propose solutions
• Experience leading large cross-functional engineering efforts
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
• Proven ability to plan multi-year roadmaps aligning short-term projects to the long-term mission

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 & company-wide trends to help assess & develop new technologies
• Partner & collaborate with organization leaders to improve team and organizational performance
• 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
• Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues, and drive large efforts to reduce technical debt

Skills

Leadership

Tech direction

Cross-functional

Mentoring execs

Roadmap planning

Performance optimization

Communication

Data-driven decisions

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field

Job description

Meta is seeking principal engineers to join teams building cutting-edge infrastructure that scales to billions of users. You will oversee complex technical problems, shape long-term roadmaps, and lead a world-class team of engineers and researchers across mobile and web platforms from Madison, WI.

The role emphasizes driving goals, communicating complex features, collaborating with senior leaders to improve performance, and identifying opportunities to reduce debt while advancing AI-enabled