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WhatsApp - Software Engineer (Technical Leadership) - Product Generalist

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6 days ago
Bengaluru, IndiaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Build and launch end-to-end product features across client and server, from product definition through rollout.
  • Develop reusable software components and APIs for backend platforms, payments, and third-party service integrations.
  • Solve complex technical problems across multiple layers, languages, and technologies.
  • Set technical direction across multiple teams and own architecture for a major product area.
  • Lead organization-wide initiatives and resolve ambiguity in product definition and technical approach.
  • Drive engineering standards, quality, and operational effectiveness across the pillar.
  • Mentor senior engineers and influence product, design, data science, operations, legal, compliance, and payments partners.
  • Partner with local operations and compliance stakeholders to ship reliable, correct, and regulation-compliant services in India.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 12+ years of programming experience in a relevant language, or 8+ years of experience with a PhD.
  • Experience driving large cross-functional or industry-wide engineering efforts and planning multi-year roadmaps.
  • Experience communicating across functions, using data to explain technical problems, and providing detailed solutions.
  • Experience mentoring and influencing executive stakeholders across organizations.
  • Preferred experience includes large-scale applications, API integrations, architectural patterns, payment systems, UPI, India's digital payments ecosystem, messaging or mobile-first consumer products, and distributed technical leadership.
  • Preferred experience includes establishing technical foundations for a zero-to-one organization, setting strategy for global products, and working in monetization, payments, commerce, or AI/ML.
  • Preferred qualifications include responsible AI implementation, AI workflow optimization, prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration, and continued development of AI skills.

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10,000+ employees

Meta builds social platforms and communication apps—including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger—and develops AR/VR hardware and software such as Quest to power immersive computing. It monetizes primarily through advertising tools for businesses, with additional revenue from devices and services, and operates a massive global infrastructure. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, Meta Platforms, Inc. is a public company traded on Nasdaq under the ticker META.

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