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Software Engineer (Technical Leadership) - Machine Learning

Meta· Engineering
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Sunnyvale, CA$219k - $301kFull-timePosted 7mo ago

About the role

Meta is seeking principal engineers to lead and drive technical direction on machine learning initiatives, overseeing complex problems and coordinating cross-functional teams across mobile and web platforms.

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

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
  • 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
  • Experience utilizing data and analysis to explain technical problems and provide detailed feedback and solutions
  • Experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions
  • Experience mentoring/influencing executive stakeholders across organizations
  • 12+ years of programming experience in a relevant language OR 8+ years experience with a PhD

Skills

Required:Technical leadershipData-driven problem solving

Benefits

  • bonus
  • equity
  • benefits
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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