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21 hours ago
Bengaluru, IndiaSenior

Responsibilities

  • Build and launch end-to-end product features across client and server systems.
  • Develop reusable software components and APIs for backend platforms, payments, and third-party integrations.
  • Work across multiple programming languages and technology layers to solve product problems.
  • Set technical direction and goals, lead major initiatives, and drive cross-functional delivery.
  • Architect efficient, scalable systems and make engineering trade-offs for zero-to-one efforts.
  • Resolve performance and scalability issues and reduce technical debt.
  • Own significant components, features, or systems with end-to-end technical understanding.
  • Provide technical guidance and mentorship, onboard team members, and raise engineering quality.
  • Collaborate with product management, design, data science, operations, legal, compliance, and local partners.
  • Ship reliable and regulation-compliant payment services for the Indian market.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8+ years of programming experience in a relevant language, or 4+ years of experience with a PhD.
  • Experience driving organizational change and leading complex technical projects.
  • Experience using data and analysis to explain technical problems and provide detailed solutions.
  • Preferred experience building large-scale applications, API integrations, and large-scale software architectures.
  • Preferred programming experience with C, C++, Java, Swift, Kotlin, Python, JavaScript, or Hack.
  • Preferred experience with Indian consumer technology, fintech, UPI, digital payments, payment systems, or emerging-market products.
  • Preferred experience building zero-to-one products, global multi-market products, messaging platforms, or mobile-first consumer products.
  • Preferred experience working with distributed teams and integrating AI tools to improve workflows.
  • Preferred experience implementing responsible and ethical AI practices and developing skills in prompt/context engineering and agent orchestration.

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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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