Principal Software Engineer, Product & Platform Vision

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

Job summary

Meta seeks principal engineers to oversee complex technical problems and build features across mobile and web platforms. You will guide multi-year roadmaps, collaborate with leaders, and push for scalable, high-impact solutions that connect billions of people globally.

The role emphasizes data-driven decision making, executive stakeholder influence, and crafting ambitious technical visions while driving performance improvements and reducing debt across large initiatives.

Qualifications

• Executive leadership experience mentoring senior stakeholders.
• Data-driven analysis to explain technical problems and propose solutions.
• Ability to communicate across functions to drive solutions.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent.
• 12+ years of programming experience or 8+ years with a PhD.
• Proven track record planning multi-year roadmaps aligning short-term projects to long-term goals.
• Experience driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering efforts.

Responsibilities

• Lead long-term technical vision and roadmap for cross-company efforts.
• Synthesize requirements to create effective feature roadmaps.
• Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues and reduce technical debt.
• Collaborate with organizational leaders to improve team performance and outcomes.

Skills

Executive stakeholder mentoring

Data-driven problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical leadership roadmap

Performance & scalability

Staffing/prioritization influence

Strategic vision

Voice of product

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

12+ years programming experience or 8+ years with PhD

Tools

C/C++

Java

Swift

Kotlin

Python

JavaScript

Hack

Job description

Meta seeks principal engineers to oversee complex technical problems and build features across mobile and web platforms. You will guide multi-year roadmaps, collaborate with leaders, and push for scalable, high-impact solutions that connect billions of people globally.

The role emphasizes data-driven decision making, executive stakeholder influence, and crafting ambitious technical visions while driving performance improvements and reducing debt across large initiatives.