Production Engineer

20 hours ago

Menlo Park, California, United States Meta Full time $120,000 - $250,000 per year
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, WhatsApp, 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.

Responsibilities
  • Own back-end services which handle fleet management, front-end services such as WhatsApp / 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 MySQL 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

  • Production Engineer, Intern

    5 days ago

    Menlo Park, California, United States Meta Full time $104,000 - $160,000 per year

    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...

  • Product Security Engineer,

    16 hours ago

    Menlo Park, California, United States Instagram Full time $177,000 - $251,000 per year

    The Instagram Security Ecosystems team is seeking a product-focused security engineer interesting in enabling Instagram product teams to develop features with a focus on security and user safety. You will be relied upon to directly work with Instagram engineers, hardening both product features and our protective frameworks that make life harder for bad...

  • Software Engineer, Product

    3 days ago

    Menlo Park, California, United States Meta Full time $100,000 - $200,000 per year

    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...

  • Production Systems Engineer

    22 hours ago

    Menlo Park, California, United States Meta Full time

    Meta is seeking a forward thinking, experienced candidate to join the Hardware Design, Release to Production (HDRTP) team as a Foundation Labs Engineer. Our mission is to imagine, build and deploy industry-leading hardware systems to fuel Meta's products and services for billions of people around the world. Within our Labs, you'll have the opportunity to...

  • Software Engineer, Product

    3 days ago

    Menlo Park, California, United States Meta Full time $150,000 - $200,000 per year

    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...

  • Software Engineer, Product

    3 days ago

    Menlo Park, California, United States Meta Full time $150,000 - $250,000 per year

    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...

  • Director of Engineering, Trading Products

    3 days ago

    Menlo Park, California, United States Robinhood Full time $278,000 - $327,000

    Join us in building the future of finance.Our mission is to democratize finance for all. An estimated $124 trillion of assets will be inherited by younger generations in the next two decades. The largest transfer of wealth in human history. If you're ready to be at the epicenter of this historic cultural and financial shift, keep reading.About the team +...

  • Product Security Engineer, Instagram

    1 day ago

    Menlo Park, California, United States Sarafu Full time $177,000 - $251,000 per year

    The Instagram Security Ecosystems team is seeking a product-focused security engineer interesting in enabling Instagram product teams to develop features with a focus on security and user safety. You will be relied upon to directly work with Instagram engineers, hardening both product features and our protective frameworks that make life harder for bad...

  • Network Production Engineer

    3 days ago

    Menlo Park, California, United States Meta Full time $120,000 - $180,000 per year

    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...

  • Software Engineer, Product

    5 days ago

    Menlo Park, California, United States Meta Full time $100,000 - $200,000 per year

    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...