Software Engineer - Product (Technical Leadership)

Meta; Madison (WI); Presencial; USD 219 000 - 301 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Meta seeks principal engineers to oversee complex technical problems and build features across mobile and web platforms. You will guide multi-year roadmaps, collaborate with leaders, and push for scalable, high-impact solutions that connect billions of people globally.

The role emphasizes data-driven decision making, executive stakeholder influence, and crafting ambitious technical visions while driving performance improvements and reducing debt across large initiatives.

Qualificações

• Executive leadership experience mentoring senior stakeholders.
• Data-driven analysis to explain technical problems and propose solutions.
• Ability to communicate across functions to drive solutions.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent.
• 12+ years of programming experience or 8+ years with a PhD.
• Proven track record planning multi-year roadmaps aligning short-term projects to long-term goals.
• Experience driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering efforts.

Responsabilidades

• Lead long-term technical vision and roadmap for cross-company efforts.
• Synthesize requirements to create effective feature roadmaps.
• Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues and reduce technical debt.
• Collaborate with organizational leaders to improve team performance and outcomes.

Conhecimentos

Executive stakeholder mentoring

Data-driven problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical leadership roadmap

Performance & scalability

Staffing/prioritization influence

Strategic vision

Voice of product

Formação académica

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

12+ years programming experience or 8+ years with PhD

Ferramentas

C/C++

Java

Swift

Kotlin

Python

JavaScript

Hack

Descrição da oferta de emprego

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.

Required Skills:

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 Affluent 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.

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