Principal Infrastructure Engineer – Lead Scalable Systems

Meta; Carson City (NV); On-site; USD 219,000 - 301,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking principal engineers to lead infrastructure efforts across mobile and web platforms, guiding teams through complex technical problems and delivering scalable solutions. The role emphasizes mentoring executives, shaping long-term roadmaps, and driving cross-functional collaboration to improve efficiency and impact.

You will partner with organizational leaders, assess industry trends, and push for staffing decisions that align with Meta's strategic goals, while maintaining a strong

Qualifications

• 12+ years of programming experience in a relevant language OR 8+ years experience with a PhD
• Experience mentoring/influencing executive stakeholders across organizations
• Experience utilizing data and analysis to explain technical problems and provide detailed feedback and solutions
• Experience driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering efforts
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions
• Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmap in which short-term projects ladder 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 help improve the level of performance of the team & organization
• Identify new opportunities for the larger organization & influence the appropriate people for staffing/prioritizing these new 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

Mentoring executives

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decisions

Roadmap planning

Staffing decisions

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or equivalent

PhD (preferred)

Tools

C

C++

Java

Python

JavaScript

Hack

Job description

Meta is seeking principal engineers to lead infrastructure efforts across mobile and web platforms, guiding teams through complex technical problems and delivering scalable solutions. The role emphasizes mentoring executives, shaping long-term roadmaps, and driving cross-functional collaboration to improve efficiency and impact.

You will partner with organizational leaders, assess industry trends, and push for staffing decisions that align with Meta's strategic goals, while maintaining a strong