Meta's open roles fell by half, but hiring held up in AI and data centers.
Open job postings on metacareers.com · Mar 1 to Jun 19, 2026
When Meta laid off about 10% of its staff this spring, the pullback showed up in its hiring. Open job postings on Meta's careers site fell from a peak of 886 in late March to 456 by the May 20 layoff, a drop of nearly half, as the company closed 853 listings across April and May.
Open roles fell by nearly half, then began to recover
Active job postings, reconstructed from each role's open/close dates
Peak
886
Mar 26
At the layoff
456
-49% from peak
Now
531
+16% off the low
AI & data centers
44%
of open roles
The freeze didn't last. June was the first month since the peak with net-positive hiring (+57 roles), and open postings have recovered to 531, still well below where Meta started the quarter.
Net hiring per month
Roles opened minus closed · April was the cliff, June turned positive
Where the remaining roles sit is the real story. Nearly half (44%) of Meta's open positions are now in AI and data-center infrastructure: data-center operations, AI and machine learning, hardware, and the teams building Meta's compute. Even while cutting overall, Meta kept hiring hard for the infrastructure behind its AI push.
Where Meta is still betting
Open roles by team in Jun · 233 of 531 in AI & data-center infrastructure
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Source: Timeplot · Meta job postings (metacareers.com). Fixed window Mar 1 to Jun 19, 2026.