Software Engineer (HW/SW Co-Design)

Meta Careers; Menlo Park, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta seeks a Software Engineer (HW/SW Co-Design) in Menlo Park, CA to drive the co-design of compute and storage architectures. You will collaborate with internal teams to analyze workloads, optimize performance, and push for new capabilities that improve efficiency across Meta's fleet.

You will identify hardware-software co-design opportunities, model platform bottlenecks, and contribute to roadmap definitions while engaging with external partners to align industry roadmaps.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of hardware architecture including CPUs, memory subsystems, storage and GPUs.
• Ability to design benchmarks and analyze fleet workloads to guide platform improvements.
• Experience with C++, Python, and performance-oriented software development.

Responsibilities

• Identify platform bottlenecks and re-architect services to improve performance and resource efficiency.
• Develop representative benchmarks (C++/Python/Hack) to model fleet requirements and evaluate new platforms.
• Drive evidence-based workload analysis and contribute to roadmap and co-design opportunities.

Skills

Hardware architecture

Benchmarking

C++

Python

GPU/CPU architectures

Tools

Hack

Job description

# Software Engineer (HW/SW Co-Design)Menlo Park, CA Artificial Intelligence+ 2 moreApply nowMeta is seeking a software engineer to join our AI & Systems Co-Design team to drive the definition of our next-generation compute and storage architectures.As a key member of the team you'll work closely with internal software and platforms engineering teams to drive workload analysis and understand infrastructure requirements. You will drive technology path-finding, roadmap definition and co-design activities to deliver new capabilities and efficient systems for our fleet. Furthermore, you'll work with external industry partners to influence their roadmaps and build the best products for Meta’s Infrastructure. As part of the team, you will have ample opportunities to publish your work in leading conferences, industry journals and make open source contributions.Join our team and help shape one of the largest infrastructure footprints which powers Meta’s applications used by billions of people across the globe.---## Software Engineer (HW/SW Co-Design) Responsibilities* Utilize extensive understanding of hardware architecture - CPUs (x86/ARM), Flash/HDD storage systems, networking, and GPUs - to identify key platform resource bottlenecks. Collaborate closely with software product teams to re-architect services, improve performance through algorithm redesign, and reduce resource consumption.* Develop representative benchmarks (in C++/Python/Hack) to capture fleet requirements and drive early evaluation of upcoming platforms. Drive fleet-wide detailed workload analysis and keep ahead of evolving business needs and its impact to compute and storage performance* Identify novel hardware/software co-design opportunities based on industry trends and new paradigms. Conduct pathfinding activities to quantify the value proposition for Meta and drive roadmap definition.