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Production Engineer

Meta

141k - 158k USD/year

Office

Menlo Park, CA

Full Time

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta), formerly known as Facebook Inc., builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps and services 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. To apply, click “Apply to Job” online on this web page.Production Engineer Responsibilities
  • Develop a strong understanding of Meta’s Video Infrastructure (VI), product surfaces, codebase, services and systems supporting VI and their core dependencies.
  • Demonstrate software engineering proficiency including design, analysis, programming.
  • Produce high quality code using modern abstractions and frameworks.
  • Demonstrate strong production engineering practices including testing, test coverage, config and change safety, service reliability, load testing, resource/capacity management, overload protection, defining service level objectives, continuous integration and deployment, program instrumentation, network analysis and optimization.
  • Apply these practices in Video Infra domain covering ingest, processing, storage and egress.
  • Apply engineering and AI practices to Video Infra AI training and testability, ML workflows, improving service deployment and reliability, solving backend infra distributed systems problems.
  • Work independently as a production engineer, demonstrate ability to use available resources to solve technical problems and unblock self.
  • Build and own backlog.
  • Establish project ownership with clear commitments and timelines.
  • Deliver tasks on schedule.
  • Demonstrate strong technical communications.
  • Communicate plans, progress, pivots with partners and stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with peers and partners to rootcause and resolve incidents.
  • Master Meta’s development standards from developing to releasing code in order to take on tasks and projects with increasing levels of complexity.
  • Actively seek and give feedback in alignment with Meta’s Performance Philosophy.
Minimum Qualifications
  • Requires a Bachelor’s degree (or foreign degree equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, and 1 year of experience in the job offered or a related occupation
  • Requires 1 year of experience in the following:
  • 1. Coding in an industry-standard language (e.g. Java, Python, C++, PHP)
  • 2. *nix (Linux, BSDs, or another UNIX-like OS)
  • 3. Distributed systems, backend infra, and networking (e.g., consensus models, ingress/egress efficiency, TCP stack, network instrumentation)
  • 4. Systems engineering practices and tooling (e.g., network packet analysis, filtering, kernel stack, ebpf, tracing)
For those who live in or expect to work from California if hired for this position, please click here for additional information. 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.
$140,960/year to $158,400/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.

Equal Employment Opportunity Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. You may view our Equal Employment Opportunity notice here. Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, fill out the Accommodations request form.

Production Engineer

Office

Menlo Park, CA

Full Time

141k - 158k USD/year

August 9, 2025

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