Summary
Meta is seeking talented principal engineers to join our teams in building cutting-edge products that connect billions of people around the world.
As a member of our team, you will oversee complex technical problems, build recent features, and improve existing products across various platforms, including mobile devices and web applications.
Our teams are constantly pushing the boundaries of user experience, and we're looking for passionate individuals who can help us advance the way people connect globally.
If you're interested in leading a world-class team of engineers and researchers to work on exciting projects that have significant impact,
Required Skills
Drive the team's goals and technical direction to pursue opportunities that make your larger organization more efficient
Effectively communicate complex features and systems in detail
Understand industry & company-wide trends to help assess & develop new technologies
Partner & collaborate with organization leaders to help improve the level of performance of the team & organization
Identify new opportunities for the larger organization & influence the appropriate people for staffing/prioritizing these new ideas
Lead long term technical vision and roadmap for large cross-company efforts
Suggest, collect and synthesize requirements and create an effective feature roadmap
Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues, and drive large efforts to reduce technical debt
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
12+ years of programming experience in a relevant language OR 8+ years experience with a PhD
Experience mentoring/influencing executive stakeholders across organizations




Experience utilizing data and analysis to explain technical problems and provide detailed feedback and solutions
Experience driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering efforts
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
Experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions
Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmap in which short-term projects ladder to the long-term mission
Preferred Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in programming languages such as C, C++, or Java, and scripting languages such as Python, Javascript, or Hack
8+ years relevant experience building large-scale infrastructure applications or similar experience
Experience improving quality through thoughtful code reviews, appropriate testing, proper rollout, monitoring, and proactive changes
Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
Public Compensation
$219,000/year to $301,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits
Industry
Internet
Equal Opportunity
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