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Software Engineer (Leadership) - Infrastructure

Software Engineer (Leadership) - Infrastructure

1 Month ago • 6-8 Years • Full Stack Development

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Job Description

Facebook is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join the Software Engineering (Infrastructure) team. The Software Engineering (Infrastructure) team builds large distributed components that run Facebook. Our code serves millions of requests per second and it does so with sub-second latency and in a fault-tolerant manner. We handle everything from Facebook scale data storage, to synchronization and coordination of large server clusters, to providing a runtime environment for front end Facebook code. We are looking for candidates who share a passion for tackling complexity and building platforms that can scale through multiple orders of magnitude. **Responsibilities** * Drive the team's goals and technical direction to pursue opportunities that make your larger organization more efficient * Effectively communicate complex features and systems in detail * Understand industry & company-wide trends to help assess & develop new technologies * Partner & collaborate with organization leaders to help improve the level of performance of the team & organization * Identify new opportunities for the larger organization & influence the appropriate people for staffing/prioritizing these new ideas * Lead long term technical vision and roadmap for large cross-company efforts * Suggest, collect and synthesize requirements and create an effective feature roadmap

Must have:

Experience leading projects with industry-wide impact
Vast experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions
Significant experience in mentoring/influencing senior engineers across organizations
Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmap in which shorter-term projects ladder to the long-term vision
Experience in driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering efforts
Extensive experience coding in C, C++, Java and/or C#
Significant experience building server applications

Good to have:

B.S. Computer Science or related technical field
Experience with operating system internals, filesystems, programming language design, compilers

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Software Engineer (Leadership) - Infrastructure Responsibilities

Drive the team's goals and technical direction to pursue opportunities that make your larger organization more efficient

Effectively communicate complex features and systems in detail

Understand industry & company-wide trends to help assess & develop new technologies

Partner & collaborate with organization leaders to help improve the level of performance of the team & organization

Identify new opportunities for the larger organization & influence the appropriate people for staffing/prioritizing these new ideas

Lead long term technical vision and roadmap for large cross-company efforts

Suggest, collect and synthesize requirements and create an effective feature roadmap

Minimum Qualifications

Experience leading projects with industry-wide impact

Vast experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions

Significant experience in mentoring/influencing senior engineers across organizations

Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmap in which shorter-term projects ladder to the long-term vision

Experience in driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering efforts

Extensive experience coding in C, C++, Java and/or C#

Significant experience building server applications

Preferred Qualifications

B.S. Computer Science or related technical field

Experience with operating system internals, filesystems, programming language design, compilers

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Data Center

About Meta

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

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