Meta hiring Production Engineer (University Grad) in Seattle, WA | LinkedIn (2024)

Production Engineers (PEs) at Meta are a hybrid between software and systems engineers and are core to every significant engineering effort that keeps Facebook running smoothly and scaling efficiently. PEs work within Meta’s product and infrastructure teams to make sure our products and services are reliable and scalable. This means writing code and debugging hard problems in live production that impacts over 2 billion people around the world. Our PEs are embedded in teams that work on products like Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus and Videos to backend services like Storage, Cache and Network. Our team is comprised of varying levels of experience and backgrounds. Relevant industry experience is important, but ultimately less so than your demonstrated abilities and attitude. Partnered alongside the best engineers in the industry on the coolest stuff around, the code and systems you work on will be in production and used by millions of users all around the world. We sail into uncharted waters every day at Meta in Production Engineering.

Production Engineer (University Grad) Responsibilities:

• Develop a strong understanding of relevant product area, codebase, and/or systems
• Demonstrate proficiency in data analysis, programming and software engineering
• Produce high quality code with good test coverage, using modern abstractions and frameworks
• Work independently, use available resources to get unblocked, and complete tasks on-schedule by exercising strong judgement and problem solving skills
• 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:

• Experience in *nix (Linux, BSDs, or another UNIX-like OS)
• Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Degree must be completed prior to joining Meta.
• Experience coding in an industry-standard language (e.g. Java, Python, C++, PHP)
• Experience picking up software, frameworks and APIs
• Must obtain work authorization in country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding of TCP/IP networking fundamentals
• Experience with an RDBMS like MySQL or Postgres
• Knowledge of internet service architectures (such as load balancing, LAMP, CDN's)
• Experience performing 'guerrilla capacity planning' for internet service architectures
• Experience solving complex problems and comparing alternative solutions, tradeoffs, and diverse points of view to determine a path forward
• Experience working and communicating cross functionally in a team environment

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.

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