Software Engineer (Leadership) - Product

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses through social technology and immersive experiences.
Backend
Principal Software Engineer
In-Person
5,000+ Employees
15+ years of experience
Enterprise SaaS · Consumer

Description For Software Engineer (Leadership) - Product

Meta is seeking an experienced Principal Software Engineer to join their product teams focused on helping commerce businesses thrive in a competitive marketplace. This leadership role involves building next-generation products that connect billions of users and help businesses worldwide succeed. The position requires exceptional technical leadership skills, with responsibilities including driving technical direction, leading cross-company initiatives, and architecting large-scale solutions.

The role combines technical excellence with strategic leadership, requiring the ability to mentor other engineers, drive multi-year roadmaps, and influence organization-wide technical decisions. You'll be working on products that directly impact millions of users and businesses, building tools for commerce businesses to maintain high-quality catalogs, connect with customers, and improve ad performance.

Meta offers a unique opportunity to work at unprecedented scale, with access to cutting-edge technologies and the chance to shape the future of social technology. The company is moving beyond traditional social media into immersive technologies like AR and VR, making this an exciting time to join. The role offers competitive benefits, a collaborative environment, and the chance to work on problems that affect billions of users.

As a Principal Engineer, you'll be at the forefront of technical innovation, working with talented teams across the organization to build scalable solutions that power Meta's commerce infrastructure. The position offers significant growth opportunities and the chance to make a lasting impact on how businesses and people connect globally.

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Responsibilities For Software Engineer (Leadership) - Product

  • 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 new ideas
  • Create consumer products and features on a large scale
  • Lead long term technical vision and roadmap for large cross-company efforts
  • Partner closely with infrastructure and operations teams to build and scale back-end services

Requirements For Software Engineer (Leadership) - Product

JavaScript
TypeScript
Python
Java
  • Experience in leading projects with industry-wide impact
  • Vast experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions
  • Significant experience in mentoring/influencing experienced engineers across organizations
  • Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmap in which shorter-term projects ladder to the long-term vision
  • Experience in driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering efforts
  • Significant experience with building large-scale applications and operating at scale
  • Extensive experience with web or mobile technologies
  • B.S. Computer Science or related field preferred
  • Experience in shipping products to millions of customers or have started a new line of product preferred
  • Experience building and scaling large products or systems preferred

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