Software Engineer (Technical Leadership)

Meta; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join the Software Engineering (Infrastructure) team in Sunnyvale. You will contribute to large distributed components serving Facebook-scale traffic with sub-second latency, building platforms that scale across multiple orders of magnitude.

The role emphasizes tackling complexity, mentoring engineers, and driving long-term roadmaps while integrating AI tools to optimize workflows and elevate system reliability.

Qualifications

• 12+ years coding in C/C++/Java/C#.
• 12+ years building server applications.
• Experience driving cross-functional engineering efforts.
• Proven track record of multi-year roadmap planning.
• Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or equivalent.
• Experience leading industry-wide projects.
• Mentoring/influencing engineers across organizations.
• Experience with OS internals, file systems, language design, or compilers.
• Experience integrating responsible, ethical AI practices.
• Ongoing AI skill development and adapting to new AI tools.

Skills

C/C++/C# experience

Server applications

Cross-functional leadership

Roadmap planning

Industry-wide impact

Project leadership

Mentoring engineers

AI integration

Ethical AI practices

AI skill development

Education

BS/Engineering degree

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 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.

• 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
• 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)
• 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)
• 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
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies