Software Engineer - Product (Technical Leadership)

Software Engineer - Product (Technical Leadership)

Sunnyvale, CA +9 locations

Artificial Intelligence

+ 6 more

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 new 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, we encourage you to apply.

Software Engineer - Product (Technical Leadership) Responsibilities

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

Experience mentoring/influencing executive stakeholders across organizations

Experience utilizing data and analysis to explain technical problems and provide detailed feedback and solutions

Experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions

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

12+ years of programming experience in a relevant language OR 8+ years experience with a PhD

Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmap in which short-term projects ladder to the long-term mission

Experience driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering efforts

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in programming languages such as C, C++, Java, Swift, or Kotlin, and scripting languages such as Python, Javascript, or Hack

8+ years relevant experience building large-scale 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

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 12+ years programming experience or 8+ years with a PhD
• Experience mentoring executive stakeholders, cross-functional communication, and driving large engineering efforts