Senior Performance Optimization Engineer

1 day ago


Menlo Park, California, United States META Full time
Meta Overview

Meta is a leading technology company responsible for developing and maintaining the infrastructure of its data centers. Our team plays a critical role in ensuring the efficient operation of our software stack, resulting in significant cost savings, improved system resources, and enhanced business metrics.

Salary and Benefits

The compensation package for this role includes an estimated hourly rate of $70.67 to $208,000 per year, plus bonus, equity, and comprehensive benefits. This exceptional remuneration reflects the high value we place on expertise in performance optimization.

Job Description

As a Senior Performance Optimization Engineer at Meta, you will focus on enhancing the efficiency of our server-side software. Your responsibilities will include:

  • Developing and optimizing C/C++ libraries for Meta services, such as memory allocation, thread pools, and synchronization.
  • Analyzing resource utilization in server applications, identifying bottlenecks, and implementing improvements.
  • Collaborating with internal customers and partners to define requirements and plan execution.
Required Skills and Qualifications

To excel in this role, you should possess:

  • A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a relevant technical field.
  • No less than 6 years of professional experience with C/C++ development.
  • In-depth knowledge of computer architecture, CPU and memory subsystems, and OS-level resource management.
  • Experience using performance-profiling tools and optimizing native applications for execution-time and memory efficiency.
Preferred Qualifications

While not required, having experience in the following areas will be advantageous:

  • Implementing and optimizing low-level libraries, such as memory management, threading, data compression, or string processing.
  • Knowledge of modern Instruction Set Architectures (ISAs), like x86 and ARM.
  • Hand-tuning code with loop optimizations, vectorization, parallelization, and hardware-architecture-specific optimizations.
  • Developing operating-system kernels.

META is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. Please note that we may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.



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