Software Engineer (Systems)
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USD 225,716-240,240 / year + Equity
Posted on Jun 11, 2025
Software Engineer (Systems)
New York, NY • Full Time
Meta
Software Engineering
Engineering
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 (Systems) Responsibilities
- Research, design, develop, build and test operating systems-level software, compilers, and network distribution software for large distributed components that run applications.
- Build new features and improve existing products.
- Work on problems of diverse scope and design core, backend software components.
- Handle large-scale data storage, synchronization and coordination of large server cluster.
- Provide a runtime environment for frontend code.
- Code using primarily C, C++, Java, PHP and Hack.
- Interface with other teams to incorporate their innovations and vice versa.
- Conduct design and code reviews.
- Analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of various system resources.
- Complete medium to large features, each with many tasks.
- Identify and drive changes as needed for assigned codebase, product area and/or systems.
Minimum Qualifications
- Requires a Master's degree (or foreign degree equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
- Requires 24 months of experience in the job offered or related occupation.
- Requires 24 months of experience involving the following skills:
- Digital low latency audio processing
- Video calling and conferencing protocols
- Interfacing with conference calling hardware
- Interfacing with PSTN based telephone networks
- Incident management
- Medium to large scale software project management
- C
- C++
- Building large-scale infrastructure applications
- Conducting design and code reviews
- Object-oriented software development
- Building maintainable and testable codes bases including API design and unit testing techniques
- Multithreaded programming and memory management
- Code editors including VIM and revision control systems including Mercurial
- Linux, UNIX, or other *nix-like OS including file manipulation and simple commands
- Building highly-scalable performant solutions
- Programming languages
- Applying algorithms and core computer science concepts to real world systems as evidenced by recognizing and matching patterns from different areas of computer science in production systems.
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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.
$225,716/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.
Equal Employment Opportunity
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