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Software Engineer, Databases

Meta· Engineering
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Hybrid (Bellevue, WA)$184k - $257kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Software Engineer specializing in systems software to drive technical direction across large-scale infrastructure and platform engineering at Meta. Architect and evolve foundational systems, solve complex systems-level challenges, define multi-year technical strategy for platform reliability and performance, and lead cross-functional technical leadership with AI-native workflows.

Responsibilities

  • Define and drive the long-term technical vision and architecture for large-scale systems software, including platform services, runtime environments, and low-level infrastructure components
  • Architect systems-level solutions that address performance, reliability, and scalability requirements across distributed infrastructure serving billions of users
  • Identify and resolve the most complex systems-level challenges spanning kernel interfaces, memory management, concurrency, inter-process communication, and distributed coordination
  • Lead the design and implementation of critical platform components, establishing extensible technical foundations and coding standards that improve consistency and velocity across systems engineering teams
  • Develop and operationalize testing frameworks, fault injection strategies, and verification methodologies that prevent systems regressions and improve production reliability at scale
  • Define and track systems-level metrics, service level objectives, and performance guardrails that connect engineering outcomes to organization-wide priorities
  • Leverage AI tooling and automation to accelerate systems development workflows, identify performance bottlenecks, and improve observability and debugging capabilities
  • Partner with infrastructure, product, and platform engineering teams to translate complex systems requirements into durable technical designs, influencing roadmaps across organizational boundaries
  • Drive safe and automated rollout strategies for major systems changes, including phased migrations and dependency coordination across teams
  • Mentor engineers across the organization on systems design principles, performance profiling, debugging methodologies, and low-level platform internals

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
  • 8+ years of experience in systems software engineering, including design and implementation of operating system interfaces, runtime environments, distributed infrastructure, or low-level platform services
  • Experience architecting and owning large-scale systems infrastructure used across multiple teams or organizations, including driving multi-year technical roadmaps
  • Experience identifying and resolving complex systems-level performance, reliability, or correctness issues spanning concurrency, memory management, or distributed coordination
  • Experience defining engineering standards, architectural patterns, and verification methodologies that improve systems quality and consistency at scale
  • Experience communicating complex systems architecture and technical strategy in writing and presentations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Skills

Required:Systems architecturePerformance optimizationDistributed systemsKernel interfaces/memory management/concurrency

Benefits

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

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