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# Software Engineer, Network Infrastructure

- **Company:** Facebook Inc.
- **Location:** Menlo Park, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** A/B Testing, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Border Gateway Protocol, C++ (Programming Language), Network Operating System (NOS), Configuration Management, Computer Programming, Computer Engineering, Distributed Systems, Networking Hardware, Network Configuration and Change Management, Network Architecture, Network Control, Network Monitoring, Routing, Network Administration, Network Protocols, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Software Engineering, Information Technology, SDN Network, Stream Processing, Open Network Automation Platform, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** October 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.jobmonkeyjobs.com/career/28068564/Software-Engineer-Network-Infrastructure-California-Menlo-Park-7418

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
 * 6+ years of experience in software engineering with a focus on network infrastructure, distributed systems, or network automation
 * 6+ years of experience programming in C, C++, or Go in a production environment
 * Experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems or network management platforms
 * Experience with network protocols and concepts such as BGP, OSPF, ECMP, switching, routing, or traffic engineering
 * Experience building observability systems including metrics collection, alerting, and dashboards for large-scale infrastructure, * Experience with software-defined networking (SDN), network operating systems, or network device APIs such as OpenConfig or gNMI
 * Experience with stream processing or time-series data pipelines for high-volume network telemetry
 * Experience contributing to or operating on-call rotations for critical network infrastructure services
 * Experience developing network automation frameworks for configuration management, topology discovery, or change validation at scale

## Description

* Design and develop software systems for network infrastructure automation, configuration management, and operational tooling across Meta's global network
 * Build and maintain distributed services that manage network device state, topology, and telemetry at scale
 * Develop and improve network monitoring, alerting, and observability platforms to reduce mean time to detection and mitigation during network incidents
 * Collaborate with network engineers and cross-functional partners to define requirements and translate them into reliable, scalable software solutions
 * Drive architecture decisions for network automation systems, evaluating trade-offs across reliability, performance, and operational complexity
 * Design and implement A/B testing and staged rollout frameworks for network configuration changes to reduce risk during deployments
 * Establish and maintain service level objectives for network infrastructure services, building dashboards and runbooks to support incident response
 * Identify and address performance bottlenecks in network control plane and data pipeline systems through instrumentation and profiling
 * Mentor other engineers on the team by sharing domain expertise, reviewing designs, and contributing to engineering standards and best practices
 * Lead retrospectives on network incidents and drive implementation of follow-up improvements to prevent recurrence