Software Engineer - iOS (Technical Leadership)

Meta; Dover (DE); On-site; USD 219,000 - 301,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Benefits package

Job summary

Meta is seeking talented principal engineers to lead iOS technical leadership across mobile and web platforms. You will oversee complex technical problems, build new features, and drive performance improvements while shaping long-term roadmaps with cross-company teams.

The role emphasizes collaboration with executives and stakeholders to align strategy with execution. The position offers a competitive compensation package including base salary, bonus, equity, and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions.
• Experience utilizing data and analysis to explain technical problems and provide feedback and solutions.
• Experience driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering efforts.
• Experience mentoring/influencing executive stakeholders across organizations.

Responsibilities

• Drive team goals and technical direction to improve organizational efficiency.
• Communicate complex features and systems in detail to stakeholders.
• Assess industry and company-wide trends to develop new technologies.
• Partner with organizational leaders to improve team performance.
• Identify opportunities for staffing and prioritizing new ideas.

Skills

Cross-functional communication

Data-driven problem solving

Experience with large cross-functional

Executive stakeholder mentoring

Multi-year roadmap planning

Bachelor’s in CS/CE or equivalent

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or equivalent

Job description

Summary:

Meta is seeking talented principal engineers to join our teams in building cutting-edge products that connect billions of people around the world. As a member of our team, you will oversee complex technical problems, build new features, and improve existing products across various platforms, including mobile devices and web applications. Our teams are constantly pushing the boundaries of user experience, and we're looking for passionate individuals who can help us advance the way people connect globally. If you're interested in leading a world-class team of engineers and researchers to work on exciting projects that have significant impact, we encourage you to apply.

Required Skills:

Software Engineer - iOS (Technical Leadership) Responsibilities:

1. Drive the team's goals and technical direction to pursue opportunities that make your larger organization more efficient
2. Effectively communicate complex features and systems in detail
3. Understand industry & company-wide trends to help assess & develop new technologies
4. Partner & collaborate with organization leaders to help improve the level of performance of the team & organization
5. Identify new opportunities for the larger organization & influence the appropriate people for staffing/prioritizing these new ideas
6. Lead long term technical vision and roadmap for large cross-company efforts
7. Suggest, collect and synthesize requirements and create an effective feature roadmap
8. Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues, and drive large efforts to reduce technical debt

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions
2. Experience utilizing data and analysis to explain technical problems and provide detailed feedback and solutions
3. Experience driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering efforts
4. Experience mentoring/influencing executive stakeholders across organizations
5. 12+ years of programming experience in a relevant language OR 8+ years experience with a PhD
6. Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmap in which short-term projects ladder to the long-term mission
7. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Experience developing iOS media infrastructure and platforms
2. Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
3. Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
4. Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies

Public Compensation:

$219,000/year to $301,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Industry:

Internet

Equal Opportunity:

Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Aff… 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.

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