Software Engineer - Product (Technical Leadership)

Meta; Cheyenne (WY); On-site; USD 219,000 - 301,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta seeks principal engineers to guide complex technical problems and drive new features across mobile and web platforms, connecting billions of people worldwide.

You will lead a world-class team of engineers and researchers, shape long-term technical roadmaps, and collaborate with organizational leaders to scale performance and reduce debt. This role emphasizes impact, leadership, and strategic thinking.

Qualifications

• Must have strong ability to mentor executives and influence across orgs.
• Experience using data and analysis to explain technical problems and provide actionable solutions.
• Experience communicating across functions to drive solutions.
• Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or equivalent practical experience.
• 12+ years of programming in a relevant language OR 8+ years with a PhD.
• Proven track record of multi-year roadmaps aligning with long-term mission.
• Experience driving large cross-functional engineering efforts.

Responsibilities

• Drive team's goals and technical direction to improve organizational efficiency.
• Communicate complex features and systems clearly to stakeholders.
• Assess industry and company trends to guide new technologies.
• Partner with leaders to improve team and organizational performance.
• Identify opportunities and influence staffing and prioritization for new ideas.
• Lead long-term technical vision and cross-company roadmaps.
• Create effective feature roadmaps from requirements.
• Resolve performance and scalability issues and reduce technical debt.

Skills

Executive stakeholder mentoring

Data-driven analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Roadmap planning

Technical leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

PhD (optional)

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.

Required Skills:

Software Engineer - Product (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:

1. Experience mentoring/influencing executive stakeholders across organizations
2. Experience utilizing data and analysis to explain technical problems and provide detailed feedback and solutions
3. Experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions
4. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
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. Experience driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering efforts

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Experience in programming languages such as C, C++, Java, Swift, or Kotlin, and scripting languages such as Python, Javascript, or Hack
2. 8+ years relevant experience building large-scale applications or similar experience
3. Experience improving quality through thoughtful code reviews, appropriate testing, proper rollout, monitoring, and proactive changes
4. Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
5. Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
6. 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 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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