Production Backbone Network Engineering Manager — Lead, Scale & Innovate

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

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Meta's Backbone and Edge Engineering team is seeking a Network Engineering Manager to lead the Express Backbone network through software-defined infrastructure. You will work with experts across software, systems, IP, and optical networking to drive innovation and expansion of the network.

You will oversee a team of engineers, shape the technical roadmap, and collaborate with backbone, edge, data center, and hardware network groups to deliver scalable, reliable network solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience managing a networking-related software engineering team
• Knowledge of networking and distributed systems
• Experience in network management systems for large-scale networks
• BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline or equivalent experience
• Experience recruiting and managing technical teams, including performance management and managing engineers
• Knowledge of networking fundamentals

Responsibilities

• Be a highly technical manager
• Hold your own in technical discussions, be a subject matter expert, and have strategic influence
• Help define and drive regular development of the technical roadmap to meet the needs of the team, and partner teams
• Operate in a rapidly evolving environment, adapting quickly to new information and re-prioritizing as needed
• Manage engineers working to design, build, scale, deploy, and support networks and systems for our Express Backbone network infrastructure
• Partner closely with Facebook backbone, edge, data center, and hardware network engineering teams and other software infrastructure teams
• Manage and develop a team of engineers
• Help engineers develop their careers, assigning them to projects tailored to their skill levels, long-term skill development, and career goals
• Assess employee performance frequently, address under-performance, and recognize and promote excellent performance
• Work closely with dedicated recruiting staff to expand the team, including sourcing candidates, interviewing candidates, participating in conferences/events, and onboarding new employees
• Communicate cross-functionally and drive engineering efforts

Skills

Networking management

Distributed systems

Technical recruiting

Team leadership

Performance management

Strategic roadmap

Inter-team collaboration

AI tooling integration

Education

BS or MS in Computer Science/Engineering

Related technical discipline

Tools

MPLS

RSVP-TE

AI tooling

Network control software

Job description

Meta's Backbone and Edge Engineering team is seeking a Network Engineering Manager to lead the Express Backbone network through software-defined infrastructure. You will work with experts across software, systems, IP, and optical networking to drive innovation and expansion of the network.

You will oversee a team of engineers, shape the technical roadmap, and collaborate with backbone, edge, data center, and hardware network groups to deliver scalable, reliable network solutions.