Director of Engineering - Facebook Groups Ranking

Meta•Seattle, WA

1d•$271,000 - $347,000

About The Position

Facebook Groups is the largest community product in the world, connecting over 900 million daily active users across 10 million+ groups. Groups contribute 20% of all content viewed in the Facebook Feed. The Groups Discovery team builds and advances state-of-the-art ranking and recommendation systems to help people discover, connect, and engage with the right groups and content—driving key Facebook App metrics. The Groups Discovery team is responsible for building the ranking platform, advancing Generative AI, and optimizing ML engineering solutions to solve key user problems and drive engagement within the Facebook App ecosystem. You will help tackle some of the hardest recommendation problems, including building robust group content/signal platforms, modern recommendation infrastructure, advanced modeling and delivery algorithms, leveraging Generative AI, and driving product innovations.

Requirements

15+ years of experience growing and leading successful Engineering teams, with a proven ability to recruit, land, and grow both engineering technical managers and individual contributors
Strong Machine Learning background ideally working with ranking and recommendation systems
Ability to tackle problems ranging from technical implementation to strategic planning
Strong strategic thinking to identify new opportunities, risks, and priorities for the organization
Excellent collaboration and communication skills to navigate complex, cross-functional teams
Ability to identify and drive new collaboration opportunities between product teams and external partners to unlock innovation and impact
Effective at driving strong engineering processes and fostering a culture of rigorous execution
High standards for code quality and product craftsmanship, elevating the skills and productivity of engineers around you
Skilled at resolving challenges through technical innovation, process improvements, or collaboration with technical leads and managers
Demonstrated ability to influence senior product and engineering leadership

Responsibilities

Drive strategy for, help set technical direction, and lead your team to deliver group recommendation signals, recommendation infrastructure/systems, modeling and delivery algorithms, ranking connected Groups content on Facebook Feed and Notifications, Generative AI, and product innovations.
Developing comprehensive group and content signals that power recommendations across Meta’s family of apps.
Building modern recommendation architectures to enable rapid ranking model iterations.
Improving the relevance of Groups recommendation systems (e.g., Groups You Should Join, Groups Search, Invites) to connect people with meaningful communities.
Ranking connected Groups content on Facebook Feed and Notifications.
Leveraging new technologies and large language models (LLMs) to develop breakthrough products that reach billions of people.
Enhancing how users engage and interact with group suggestions and content.