Software Engineer - Host Networking

Meta Careers; Bellevue (WA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta in Bellevue, WA is seeking a Software Engineer for Host Networking to design, develop, and validate drivers, firmware, and software for network devices and transport stacks. You will debug complex system issues and optimize performance across the software stack.

You’ll collaborate with partner teams, automate tests for CI/CD, and help deploy services to manage datacenter switches at scale, contributing to Meta’s hyper-scale network infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and validate drivers, firmware, and software for network devices, transport stacks, and AI workloads.
• Debug complex system-level issues and lead performance tuning exercises to optimize software stack performance.
• Understand software components from multiple partner teams, lead integration efforts, and drive continued development.
• Develop and automate test suites for CI/CD framework and various components.
• Collaborate with partner teams to integrate software components, align on goals, and participate in oncall rotations.
• Design, develop, and deploy services to manage datacenter network switches and forwarding functions.
• Develop infrastructure to maintain switch state and enable communication between services at scale.

Skills

Distributed systems

Driver development

CI/CD

On-call rotations

Job description

# Software Engineer - Host NetworkingBellevue, WA+2 locationsNetwork Engineering+ 4 moreApply nowAt Meta, we're building and operating one of the world's most dynamic and fast-paced networks, powering our global data centers and supporting advanced technologies like AI, Generative AI, Recommendation engines, and Metaverse. Our network infrastructure teams are responsible for developing, deploying, and operating this complex system, covering the entire network lifecycle from hardware development to operation. We're seeking software engineers to join our teams and help build scalable distributed systems, develop effective solutions to our challenges, and ship them into production. As part of our network engineering teams, you'll have the opportunity to work on advanced switching technology, collaborate with engineers, and contribute to the development of Meta's hyper-scale network infrastructure.---## Software Engineer - Host Networking Responsibilities* Design, develop, and validate drivers, firmware, and software for network devices, transport stacks, and AI workloads* Debug complex system-level issues and lead performance tuning exercises to optimize software stack performance* Understand software components from multiple partner teams, lead integration efforts, and drive continued development* Develop and automate test suites for CI/CD framework and various components* Collaborate with partner teams to integrate software components, align on goals, and participate in oncall rotations* Design, develop, and deploy services to manage datacenter network switches and forwarding functions* Develop infrastructure to maintain switch state and enable communication between services at scale