Meta

Software Engineer, Systems

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4 days ago
Washington, DC, USA +3 moreSenior
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Base Salary

$184k - $257k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with product, design, operations, and infrastructure teams to build application experiences.
  • Implement custom user interfaces using current programming techniques and technologies.
  • Analyze and optimize code for quality, efficiency, and performance, and provide peer feedback through code reviews.
  • Set team direction, lead major initiatives, provide technical guidance and mentorship, and onboard new team members.
  • Architect efficient and scalable systems for complex applications.
  • Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues and lead efforts to reduce technical debt.
  • Work across multiple programming languages and technologies.
  • Own components, features, or systems with expert end-to-end understanding.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, 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 using data and analysis to explain technical problems and provide detailed feedback and solutions.
  • Experience driving organizational change and leading complex technical projects.
  • Preferred experience integrating AI tools to improve workflows and deliver measurable efficiency or quality gains.
  • Preferred experience implementing responsible and ethical AI practices, including risk assessment, bias mitigation, and quality and accuracy reviews.
  • Preferred ongoing AI skill development in prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration, and emerging AI technologies.
  • Preferred experience with C, C++, Java, Python, JavaScript, or Hack.
  • Preferred 6+ years of relevant experience building large-scale infrastructure applications or similar systems.
  • Preferred experience improving quality through code reviews, testing, rollout practices, monitoring, and proactive changes.

Benefits

  • Base salary is $183,997/year to $257,000/year, plus bonus, equity, and benefits.

Categories

Meta

About Meta

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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