Production Engineer

Production Engineers at Meta are hybrid software/systems engineers who ensure that Meta's services run smoothly and have the capacity for future growth. They are embedded in every one of Meta's product and infrastructure teams, and are core participants in every significant engineering effort underway in the company.

Our Reality Labs Production Engineering team is comprised of varying levels of experience and backgrounds, from new grads to industry veterans. We work on the infrastructure that powers the next generation of social connection mediums and platforms to the world. Relevant industry experience is important, but ultimately less so than your demonstrated abilities and attitude.

We sail into uncharted waters every day at Meta in Production Engineering, and we are always learning. This position is full-time.

Production Engineer Responsibilities

• Own backend infrastructure services from realtime RPC services to batch processing pipelines

Write and review code, develop documentation and capacity plans, and debug the hardest problems, live, on some of the largest and most complex systems in the world

Together with your engineering team, you will share an on-call rotation and be an escalation contact for service incidents

Lead your engineering team by example, mentor and help others around you grow, be a force multiplier of impact

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Engineering, or a related technical discipline or equivalent experience

10+ years of experience in UNIX and TCP/IP network fundamentals

10+ years of coding experience

Experience learning development languages (PHP, Python, C++, or Java)

Experience learning software, frameworks and APIs

Knowledge of internet service architectures (such as load balancing, LAMP, CDNs)

Experience capacity planning for internet service architectures

Experience in leading teams of engineers and cross-functional partners to deliver multi-year business objectives

Preferred Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Science

Locations

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.

Meta is committed to providing reasonable support (called accommodations) in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions or sincerely held religious beliefs, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to accommodations-ext@fb.com.

$213,000/year to $293,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable.

In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.