Software Engineer, HW/SW Co-Design

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

Job summary

Meta seeks a software engineer for the AI & Systems Co-Design team to drive next-generation compute and storage architectures. You will collaborate with internal teams to analyze workloads, influence roadmaps, and co-design efficient systems for Meta’s fleet.

Opportunities to publish at conferences and contribute to open source are available. The role emphasizes working with external partners, driving technology pathfinding, and delivering scalable hardware/software co-design across

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Eng, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of programming in languages like C, C++, Rust, Java, PHP, Python.
• Experience with large-scale infrastructure and distributed systems.
• 5+ years of hardware architecture, compute technologies and storage systems.

Responsibilities

• Analyze workload and infrastructure requirements to guide compute/storage architectures.
• Collaborate with software/product teams to re-architect services and improve performance.
• Develop benchmarks in C++/Rust/Python/Hack to evaluate platforms.
• Drive roadmap definition and co-design opportunities across teams.
• Influence vendor roadmaps and partner with engineering teams to productionize hardware roadmaps.
• Publish work and contribute to open source.

Skills

Hardware architecture

C/C++/Rust

Performance optimization

Workload analysis

System co-design

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

C++

Rust

Python

Hack

Job description

Summary:

Meta 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.

Required Skills:

1. Utilize extensive understanding of hardware architecture - CPUs (x86/ARM), Flash/HDD, memory and 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, reduce resource consumption

2. Develop representative benchmarks (in C++/Rust/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 impact to compute and storage performance

3. Identify novel hardware/software co-design opportunities based on industry trends and new paradigms

4. Conduct pathfinding activities to quantify the value proposition for Meta and drive the roadmap definition

5. Influence vendor hardware roadmaps and the broader ecosystem to align with Meta's requirements

6. Partner with Product Engineering and Infrastructure Engineering teams to find the optimal way to deliver the hardware roadmap into production and drive adoption

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience

2. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical experience

3. 5+ years of experience with programming and scripting languages such as C, C++, Rust, Java, PHP, Python

4. Experience with large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems, full-stack analysis of server applications

5. 5+ years of experience with hardware architecture, compute technologies and/or storage systems

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)

2. Experience with developing, debugging and analysis of distributed systems such as spark, distributed caching, data-preprocessing, AI training etc

3. Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies

4. Experience working in a highly cross-functional environment in software organizations, hardware, supply chain, testing, and infrastructure teams

5. Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)

6. 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role, leading projects, driving technical direction and mentoring

7. Deep architectural knowledge of CPU, GPU, Accelerators, Networking, Memory, Flash/HDD Storage systems, DPU. Hands-on experience in building and optimizing server architectures/systems

Public Compensation:

$154,003/year to $217,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Industry:

Internet

Equal Opportunity:

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