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Software Engineer, Network

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta), formerly known as Facebook Inc., builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps and services 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. To apply, click “Apply to Job” online on this web page.Software Engineer, Network Responsibilities

  • Develop software to scale the production network.
  • Work with networking devices and protocols.
  • Integrate with other systems and evaluate third party solutions.
  • Collaborate with Network
    Engineering team to automate various processes, build software infrastructure for network monitoring and analysis, and aid in capacity planning and architecture change analysis.
  • Design
    and implement how to build, model, analyze, and monitor current networks.
  • Work on spanning data center networking architecture (e.g., OpenFlow or similar technologies for software
    defined networking) and software systems to configure, monitor, analyze, model, and manage our datacenter, backbone, and content delivery networks.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Master’s degree (or foreign degree equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Software, Computer Engineering, Applied Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, or related field
  • Requires completion of a university-level course, research project, internship, or thesis in the following:
  • C
  • C++
  • Debugging complex systems
  • Linux and Unix
  • Load balancing and consistent hashing
  • Programming with sockets, Operating System Networking Stack, TCP, and UDP
  • Python
  • RDBMS such as MySQL, PostgreSQL or NoSQL databases
  • System level debugging
  • Distributed systems
  • Internet security and privacy
  • Sharding, consistency, and availability, AND
  • OS (Operating System) Internals

For those who live in or expect to work from California if hired for this position, please click here for additional information. 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.
$216,284/year to $240,240/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.

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