Software Engineer (Leadership) - Infrastructure

Meta is seeking talented principal engineers to join our teams in building cutting-edge products that connect billions of people around the world. As a member of our team, you will oversee complex technical problems, build new features, and improve existing products across various platforms, including mobile devices and web applications. Our teams are constantly pushing the boundaries of user experience, and we're looking for passionate individuals who can help us advance the way people connect globally. If you're interested in leading a world-class team of engineers and researchers to work on exciting projects that have significant impact, we encourage you to apply.

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 level of performance of the team & organization
5. Identify new opportunities for the larger organization & influence the appropriate people for staffing/prioritizing these new ideas
6. Lead long term technical vision and roadmap for large cross-company efforts
7. Synthesize requirements and create an effective feature roadmap
8. Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues, and drive large efforts to reduce technical debt, 1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
9. 12+ years of programming experience in a relevant language OR 8+ years experience with a PhD
10. Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmap in which short-term projects ladder to the long-term mission
11. Experience driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering efforts
12. Experience utilizing data and analysis to explain technical problems and provide detailed feedback and solutions
13. Experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions
14. Experience mentoring/influencing executive stakeholders across organizations

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Experience in programming languages such as C, C+, or Java, and Scripting languages such as Python, Javascript, or Hack
2. Experience improving quality through thoughtful code reviews, appropriate testing, proper rollout, monitoring, and proactive changes
3. 8+ years relevant experience building large-scale infrastructure applications or similar experience

Public Compensation: $213,000/year to $293,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits Industry & Equal Opportunity