Software Engineering Manager — AI-Driven Scale

Meta Careers; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 219,000 - 301,000; Full time

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Job summary

Meta is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead multiple teams of engineers and technical leaders delivering large-scale software systems. You will drive technical strategy, shape roadmaps, and ensure high-quality execution across complex, high-impact projects.

You will stay hands-on technically, leverage AI tools to expand delivery capacity, and foster a culture of engineering craft, AI-nativeness, and cross-functional ownership, partnering closely with product, design, and data science

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including hands-on technical contribution.
• 4+ years of engineering management experience, including managing teams with technical leaders or other managers.
• Experience driving technical strategy and roadmap planning across multiple concurrent large-scale software projects.
• Experience recruiting, developing, and retaining engineering talent, including performance management of leaders.
• Experience partnering cross-functionally with product, design, and data science to define requirements and deliver software at scale.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple teams of engineers and technical leaders delivering on large-scale, high-impact software projects with multiple levels of dependencies.
• Actively shape technical strategy and roadmap direction, using team-wide insights to set and prioritize longer-term engineering goals.
• Stay technically engaged by using AI tools to evaluate technical direction, assess code quality, and contribute directly across teams.
• Drive AI adoption within the team to expand delivery capacity and improve engineering workflows and tooling.
• Proactively detect and resolve the largest execution challenges across teams, whether related to vision, strategy, technical direction, or people.
• Build and grow the team by sourcing and closing candidates, developing technical leaders, and maintaining a high bar for performance including AI fluency.
• Ensure org health by monitoring team sentiment, diagnosing issues, and taking proactive measures to maintain high retention and engagement.
• Model cross-functional ownership by ensuring engineers engage substantively with product, design, and data partners rather than operating in silos.
• Hold leaders accountable for managing performance, delivering constructive feedback, and maintaining engineering craft standards across the organization.
• Represent the team's work and progress to broader organizational leadership, communicating risks, priorities, and implications of AI adoption clearly.

Job description

Meta is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead multiple teams of engineers and technical leaders delivering large-scale software systems. You will drive technical strategy, shape roadmaps, and ensure high-quality execution across complex, high-impact projects.

You will stay hands-on technically, leverage AI tools to expand delivery capacity, and foster a culture of engineering craft, AI-nativeness, and cross-functional ownership, partnering closely with product, design, and data science