Software Engineer (Technical Leadership)

Meta; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 271,000 - 347,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join the Software Engineering (Infrastructure) team. The role focuses on building large distributed components that run Facebook-scale workloads with sub-second latency and high fault tolerance.

You will lead cross-functional initiatives, mentor engineers, and drive long-term technical roadmaps across organizations. The position emphasizes communication of complex features, collaboration with executives, and the ability to steer multi-year

Qualifications

• 12+ years coding experience in C, C++, Java and/or C#
• 12+ years experience building server applications
• Experience in driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering efforts
• Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmap aligning short-term projects with long-term vision
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience leading projects with industry-wide impact
• Significant experience mentoring/influencing engineers across organizations

Responsibilities

• Drive the team's goals and technical direction to pursue opportunities that improve organizational efficiency
• Communicate complex features and systems effectively
• Understand industry and company-wide trends to assess and develop new technologies
• Partner with organization leaders to improve team and organizational performance
• Identify new opportunities and influence staffing and prioritization of ideas
• Lead long-term technical vision and roadmap for large cross-company efforts
• Synthesize requirements to create an effective feature roadmap

Skills

C/C++/Java/C#

Technical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring engineers

Roadmap planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Git

Linux/Unix

Distributed systems

Job description

Summary:

Meta is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join the Software Engineering (Infrastructure) team. The Software Engineering (Infrastructure) team builds large distributed components that run Facebook. Our code serves millions of requests per second and it does so with sub-second latency and in a fault-tolerant manner. We handle everything from Facebook scale data storage, to synchronization and coordination of large server clusters, to providing a runtime environment for front end Facebook code. We are looking for candidates who share a passion for tackling complexity and building platforms that can scale through multiple orders of magnitude.

Required Skills:

Software Engineer (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

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Vast experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions
2. 12+ years coding experience in C, C++, Java and/or C#
3. 12+ years experience building server applications
4. Experience in driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering efforts
5. Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmap in which shorter-term projects ladder to the long term vision
6. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
7. Experience leading projects with industry-wide impact
8. Significant experience in mentoring/influencing engineers across organizations

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Experience with operating system internals, file systems, programming language design, or compilers
2. Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
3. Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
4. Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
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
7. Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies

Public Compensation:

$271,000/year to $347,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Industry:

Internet

Equal Opportunity:

Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Afforrective 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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