Software Engineer (Technical Leadership)

Meta; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 271,000 - 347,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta, based in Sunnyvale, CA, is seeking senior full-stack software engineers to join product teams delivering scalable features for billions of users. You will help shape roadmaps, drive technical direction, and partner with leadership to scale back-end services while delivering impactful consumer products across web and mobile technologies.

The role emphasizes long-term technical vision, collaboration across functions, and influencing staffing decisions for large-scale initiatives.

Qualifications

• 12+ years building large-scale applications
• Experience with multi-year roadmaps where short-term projects ladder to long-term vision
• 8+ years of experience with web or mobile technologies
• Experience leading cross-functional engineering efforts
• Experience communicating across functions to drive solutions

Responsibilities

• Drive the team's goals and technical direction to pursue efficiency opportunities
• Effectively communicate complex features and systems in detail
• Understand industry and company-wide trends to assess and adopt new technologies
• Partner with organization leaders to improve team performance
• Identify opportunities for the larger organization and influence staffing/prioritizing these ideas
• Create consumer products and features at scale
• Lead long-term technical vision and roadmap for large cross-company efforts
• Partner with infrastructure and operations to scale back-end services

Skills

Technical Leadership

Cross-functional Collaboration

Mentoring Engineers

Roadmap Planning

Staffing Influence

Large-scale Systems

Backend Scaling

Web/Mobile Tech

Communication Skills

Strategic Thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Job description

Summary:

We are the teams who create all of Facebook’s product used by more than 1.5 billion people around the world. Want to build new features and improve existing products like Commerce, Ads, Video, Groups, News Feed, Search, and more? Want to solve unique, large scale, highly complex technical problems? Facebook is seeking experienced full-stack software engineers to join our product teams. You can help build products that help us connect the next billion people, create new features that have billions of interactions per day, and be a part of a team that’s working to help people connect around the globe. Join us!

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 performance of the team & organization
5. Identify new opportunities for the larger organization & influence the appropriate people for staffing/prioritizing these new ideas
6. Create consumer products and features on a large scale
7. Lead long term technical vision and roadmap for large cross-company efforts
8. Partner closely with infrastructure and operations teams to build and scale back-end services

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
2. Experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions
3. Experience in mentoring/influencing engineers across organizations
4. 12+ years of experience with building large-scale applications, or similar experience
5. Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmaps in which shorter-term projects ladder to the long-term vision
6. Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmap in which shorter-term projects ladder to the long-term vision
7. 8+ years of experience with web or mobile technologies
8. Experience leading projects with industry-wide impact
9. 12+ years of programming experience
10. Experience in driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering efforts

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Experience shipping products to millions of customers or have started a new line of product
2. Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
3. Experience shipping products to millions of customers or having started a new line of products
4. Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
5. Experience building and scaling large products or systems
6. 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 Affiliation 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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