Production Engineer

Meta•Bellevue, WA

About The Position

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. The Production Engineer role involves developing, designing, creating, modifying, and/or testing software services to ensure optimal performance and capacity for growth. This position also entails owning back-end data warehouse services, front-end services like Messenger and Newsfeed, and infrastructure components to ensure services run without incident.

Requirements

Master’s degree (or foreign degree equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Analytics, Mathematics, Physics, Applied Sciences, or a related field
3 years of work experience in the job offered or in a computer-related occupation
3 years of experience in UNIX or Linux operating system fundamentals
3 years of experience in TCP/IP network fundamentals
3 years of experience in coding in at least one of the following higher-level programming languages: PHP, Python, C++, or Java
3 years of experience in software frameworks and APIs
3 years of experience in performing 'guerilla capacity planning' for internet service architectures
3 years of experience in internet service architectures (such as load balancing, LAMP, or CDN’s)
3 years of experience in configuring and maintaining applications using at least one of the following: web servers, load balancers, relational databases, storage systems, or messaging systems
3 years of experience in Relational Databases including MySQL
3 years of experience in Network protocols including at least one of the following: NFS, DHCP, NTP, SSH, DNS, or SNMP
3 years of experience in maintaining web-based applications using at least one of the following: Apache, Memecached, or Squid
3 years of experience in Storage Systems including NFS
3 years of experience in Network Management tools like DHCP, NTP, SSH, DNS, or SNMP
3 years of experience in diagnosing and troubleshooting issues ranging from low-level hardware issues to large scale failures within datacenter clusters
3 years of experience in utilizing high performance query engines (Presto or Spark) for big data

Responsibilities

Develop, design, create, modify, and/or test software services to ensure optimal performance and capacity for growth.
Own back-end data warehouse services, front-end services like Messenger and Newsfeed, and infrastructure components to ensure services run without incident.
Write and review code, develop documentation and capacity plans, and debug the problems in real time in highly complex software systems.
Serve an escalation contact for service incidents.