Software Engineer, Systems

Research, design, develop, build and test operating systems-level software, compilers, and network distribution software for large distributed components that run Facebook. Build new features and improve existing products. Work on problems of diverse scope and design core, backend software components. Handle Facebook scale data storage, synchronization and coordination of large server cluster, and provide a runtime environment for front end Facebook code. Receiving little instruction on day-to-day work, code using primarily C/C++, Java, PHP and Hack. Interface with other teams to incorporate their innovations and vice versa. Conduct design and code reviews. Analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of various system resources. Complete medium to large features (each with many tasks) independently without guidance. Identify and drive changes as needed for assigned codebase, product area and/or systems.

Bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Software, Computer Engineering, Applied Sciences, Mathematics, Physics or a related field and 60 momths of progressive, post-baccalaureate work experience in the job offered or in a computer-related occupation.

Experience must include 60 months in the following:

C, C++, Java, C#, Hack or other relevant coding languages;

Building large-scale infrastructure applications or similar experience in a corporate or start-up environment;

Designing and completing medium to large features independently without guidance;

Experience owning a particular component, feature or system;

Relational databases and SQL;

Software development tools: Code editors (VIM or Emacs), and revision control systems (Subversion, GIT, or Perforce);

Linux, UNIX, or other *nix-like OS including file manipulation and simple commands;

Core web technologies: HTML, CSS, or JavaScript;

Building highly-scalable performant solutions;

Design scalable distributed systems with established partition tolerance, consistency, and availability guarantees;

Data processing, programming languages, databases, networking, operating systems, computer graphics, or human-computer interaction; and

Applying algorithms and core computer science concepts to real world systems as evidenced by recognizing and matching patterns from different areas of computer science in production systems.