Software Engineer (Technical Leadership)

Meta; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 271,000 - 347,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Meta is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join the Software Engineering (Infrastructure) team in Bellevue, WA. The role focuses on building large distributed systems that support Facebook's infrastructure. Key responsibilities include driving technical direction, collaborating with leadership, and leading cross-functional projects.

The ideal candidate has 12+ years of experience in programming, particularly in C, C++, Java, or C#, and a strong track record of planning multi-year roadmaps. Compensation ranges from $271,000 to $347,000 annually with additional benefits.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of coding experience in C, C++, Java, and/or C#.
• Proven track record of planning multi-year technical roadmaps.
• Experience leading projects with industry-wide impact.

Responsibilities

• Drive technical direction to enhance organizational efficiency.
• Effectively communicate complex features and systems.
• Partner with leaders to improve team performance.

Skills

C

C++

Java

C#

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or relevant technical field

Job description

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 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.

Software Engineer (Technical Leadership) Responsibilities

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

Minimum Qualifications

• Vast experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions
• 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 in which shorter-term projects ladder to the long term vision
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience leading projects with industry-wide impact
• Significant experience in mentoring/influencing engineers across organizations

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with operating system internals, file systems, programming language design, or compilers
• Demonstrated 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

Compensation and Benefits

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

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

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