Production Engineer Intern

Meta Careers; Bellevue, Menlo Park (WA, CA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta seeks a Production Engineer intern in Bellevue, WA who will help build and maintain the infrastructure behind our platforms. You will work with product and infrastructure teams to ensure reliability, performance, and scalability for services used by billions of users.

The role favors students pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science or related fields, with experience in UNIX-like systems, programming, and networking concepts.

Qualifications

• Experience in a UNIX-like OS (Linux, BSDs, Solaris) or Windows OS.
• Experience coding in at least one language.
• 1+ years with new development languages (Python, Hack/PHP, C++, Java, Rust, and GoLang).
• Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment.
• Intend to return to full-time degree program after completion of internship.
• Understanding of TCP/IP networking fundamentals.
• Knowledge of internet service architectures (such as load balancing, LAMP, CDN's).

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain production‑level code and infrastructure.
• Collaborate with product and infra teams to improve reliability and performance.
• Tackle scaling challenges impacting billions of users.

Skills

UNIX/Linux knowledge

Windows OS knowledge

Programming language experience

New development languages

TCP/IP networking fundamentals

Load balancing / CDN concepts

Education

Pursuing Bachelor's or Master's in CS

Tools

Python

C++

GoLang

Java

Rust

Job description

Production Engineers (PEs) at Meta are specialized software engineers who develop the underlying infrastructure for all of Meta's products and services, forming the backbone of every major engineering effort that keeps our platforms running smoothly and scaling efficiently.

PEs work across Meta’s product and infrastructure teams to ensure our services are reliable, performant, and capable of supporting billions of users. This means writing high‑quality code, solving complex problems in live production, and tackling challenges that impact over 2 billion people worldwide.

Our PEs are embedded in teams across the spectrum, from products like Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus, and Videos to critical backend services such as Storage, Cache, and Networking. The team brings together diverse levels of experience and backgrounds.

Working alongside some of the best engineers in the industry, you’ll contribute to code and systems that go into production and are used by millions every day. In Production Engineering at Meta, we navigate uncharted waters daily — solving problems at a scale few others face.

Currently enrolled in a full-time, degree‑seeking program and in the process of obtaining a Bachelors or Masters degree in computer science or a related field

• Experience in a *nix (Linux, BSDs, Solaris, or another UNIX‑like OS) or Windows OS
• Experience coding in at least one language
• 1 or more years with new development languages (Python, Hack/PHP, C++, Java, Rust, and GoLang)
• Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment
• Intent to return to full‑time degree program after completion of the internship
• Understanding of TCP/IP networking fundamentals
• Knowledge of internet service architectures (such as load balancing, LAMP, CDN's)