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WhatsApp - Software Engineer - Product Generalist

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4 days ago
São Paulo, BrazilSenior

Responsibilities

  • Build end-to-end product features across mobile clients and server systems from product definition through rollout and launch.
  • Develop reusable software components and APIs for backend platforms, payments, and third-party service 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 efforts to completion.
  • Architect efficient, scalable systems and make engineering trade-offs for a zero-to-one product effort.
  • Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues and reduce technical debt.
  • Own significant components, features, or systems with expert end-to-end understanding.
  • Provide technical guidance and mentorship, onboard team members, and raise engineering quality.
  • Collaborate with product management, design, data science, operations, payments, legal, compliance, and local partners.
  • Ship reliable and compliant services for Brazil’s payments ecosystem.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • At least 8 years of relevant programming experience, or at least 4 years with a PhD.
  • Experience driving organizational change and leading complex technical projects.
  • Experience using data and analysis to explain technical problems and provide detailed feedback and solutions.
  • Preferred experience building large-scale applications, APIs, payment systems, 0-to-1 products, global or multi-market products, messaging platforms, or mobile-first consumer products.
  • Preferred programming experience with C, C++, Java, Swift, Kotlin, Python, JavaScript, or Hack.
  • Preferred familiarity with Pix, Brazil’s digital payments ecosystem, monetization, payments, commerce, or AI/ML products.
  • Preferred experience working with distributed teams and Brazil-based consumer technology or fintech companies.
  • Preferred experience integrating AI tools, implementing responsible and ethical AI practices, and developing prompt/context engineering or agent orchestration 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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