Software Engineer, Infrastructure - Ads Infra and Ranking

Meta; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 271,000 - 347,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Benefits

Job summary

Meta's Ads Infra and Ranking organization seeks a senior infrastructure technical leader to define a multi-year architecture for distributed Ads platforms across teams, aligning short-term projects with a long-term vision. You will act as a technical authority on reliability, scalability, and efficiency, mentoring engineers and driving cross-organizational initiatives.

You will translate data-driven findings into roadmaps, influence executives, and lead AI-enabled improvements to optimize

Qualifications

• 12+ years coding experience in C, C++, Java and/or C#.
• 12+ years experience building server applications.
• Experience leading large cross-functional engineering efforts.
• Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmaps aligning to long-term vision.
• Mentoring/influencing engineers across organizations.
• Experience applying AI/ML knowledge to improve workflows.

Responsibilities

• Define a multi-year architecture and technical strategy for Ads platforms across organizations.
• Identify new technical directions and lead cross-organizational efforts to deliver them.
• Serve as a technical authority on reliability, scalability, and efficiency challenges.
• Use production data to identify bottlenecks and communicate trade-offs to leadership.
• Mentor and develop senior engineers and technical leaders.

Skills

C/C++/Java/C#

Server applications

Cross-functional leadership

Roadmap planning

Mentoring engineers

AI/ML readiness

Job description

Meta's Ads organization builds the systems that help businesses of every size reach the people most likely to care about what they offer. At our core, we're builders who care about shipping real value. Within Ads, the Infra and Ranking organization owns the technical foundation that makes this work at Meta's scale: the ranking models that decide which ad is right for each moment; the retrieval and serving platforms that evaluate enormous candidate sets in milliseconds; and the underlying data, training, and inference infrastructure. All of this is done while maximizing compute efficiency, ensuring reliability and privacy, and using AI to speed up development.As a senior infrastructure technical leader in Ads Infra and Ranking, you will define the long-term technical strategy for distributed systems across organizations, from data and features through training, retrieval, and serving. You will align organizations on foundational platform changes that improve reliability, performance, and compute efficiency across Ads.Software Engineer, Infrastructure - Ads Infra and Ranking Responsibilities:Define a multi-year architecture and technical strategy for Ads platforms across organizations, connecting shorter-term projects to a long-term systems vision.Identify new technical directions, such as hardware and software co-design, and lead cross-organizational efforts to deliver them.Act as a technical authority on the hardest reliability, scalability, and efficiency problems across Ads platforms.Use production data to identify structural bottlenecks and communicate architectural trade-offs to engineering and executive leaders.Mentor and develop senior engineers and technical leaders across organizations, improving maintainability and safe delivery.Follow company policies and applicable risk reviews when designing and deploying ML systems, document relevant decisions, and raise compliance or ethics concerns through appropriate channels.Minimum Qualifications:Vast experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions12+ years coding experience in C, C++, Java and/or C#12+ years experience building server applicationsExperience in driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering effortsProven track record of planning multi-year roadmap in which shorter-term projects ladder to the long term visionExperience leading projects with industry-wide impactSignificant experience in mentoring/influencing engineers across organizationsPreferred Qualifications:Experience shaping architecture and technical direction for distributed services or data platforms behind advertising, business-facing, or analogous large-scale productsExperience aligning engineering organizations on shared service interfaces and platform foundations for dependable product integrationExperience diagnosing systemic correctness, reliability, or performance issues across server applications and distributed servicesExperience applying knowledge of operating systems or runtime behavior to relevant service performance and reliability problemsExperience connecting long-term infrastructure roadmaps to customer-facing product needs and maintainable operationsDemonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies\"About Meta:Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at [e-mail].$271,000/year to $347,000/year + bonus + equity + benefitsIndividual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.