Production Engineers (PEs) at Meta are specialized software engineers who develop the underlying infrastructure for all of Meta's products and services, forming the backbone of every major engineering effort that keeps our platforms running smoothly and scaling efficiently.PEs work across Meta's product and infrastructure teams to ensure our services are reliable, performant, and capable of supporting billions of users. This means writing high-quality code, solving complex problems in live production, and tackling challenges that impact over 2 billion people worldwide.

Our PEs are embedded in teams across the spectrum, from products like Instagram, Whats App, Oculus, and Videos to critical backend services such as Storage, Cache, and Networking. The team brings together diverse levels of experience and backgrounds.

Working alongside some of the best engineers in the industry, you'll contribute to code and systems that go into production and are used by millions every day. In Production Engineering at Meta, we navigate uncharted waters daily - solving problems at a scale few others face.

Production Engineer (University Grad) Responsibilities:

• Own back-end services which handle fleet management, front-end services such as Whats App / Instagram / Facebook / Meta Ads, infrastructure components that drive Meta's advances in AI, core services which are used by every team at Meta, the world's largest MySQL deployments, networking systems and everything in between
• Write and review code, develop documentation and capacity plans, and debug the hardest problems, live, on some of the largest and most complex systems in the world
• Together with your engineering team, you will share an on-call rotation and be an escalation contact for service incidents
• Partner alongside the best engineers in the industry working on the coolest stuff around, the code and systems you work on will be in production and used by billions of people all around the world

Minimum Qualifications:

• 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 in nix (Linux, BSDs, or another UNIX-like OS)
• 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 My

SQL or Postgres:

• Knowledge of internet service architectures (such as load balancing, LAMP, CDN's)
• Experience solving complex problems and comparing alternative solutions, tradeoffs, and different perspectives 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 Whats App 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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$122,000/year to $143,000/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.