Senior Production Engineer: Scale Systems & AI Infra

Meta; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 154,000 - 217,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking a Production Engineer who will develop infrastructure for Meta's products, ensuring reliability and performance across services like Instagram and WhatsApp. Candidates are expected to own back-end services, write high-quality code, and solve complex problems affecting billions of users.

Minimum qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, 6+ years of experience in relevant technologies, and coding skills. Compensation ranges from $154,000 to $217,000 per year plus bonus, equity, and benefits.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in *nix (Linux or UNIX-like OS) and network fundamentals.
• Experience learning software, frameworks, and APIs.
• Experience with Internet service architecture capacity planning.

Responsibilities

• Own back-end services and infrastructure components that drive Meta’s AI advances.
• Write and review code, develop documentation, debug critical problems.
• Share an on-call rotation and escalations for service incidents.

Skills

Knowledge of common web technologies and/or Internet service architectures

Coding experience in industry-standard language (Java, Python, C++, PHP, Rust, Go)

Experience with infrastructure level applications (Kubernetes, Terraform, MySQL)

Problem-solving in live production environments

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

BS or MS in Computer Science (preferred)

Job description

Meta is seeking a Production Engineer who will develop infrastructure for Meta's products, ensuring reliability and performance across services like Instagram and WhatsApp. Candidates are expected to own back-end services, write high-quality code, and solve complex problems affecting billions of users.

Minimum qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, 6+ years of experience in relevant technologies, and coding skills. Compensation ranges from $154,000 to $217,000 per year plus bonus, equity, and benefits.