Software Engineer (Technical Leadership)

Software Engineer (Technical Leadership)MetaSoftware EngineeringEngineeringProduct development and coding are at an inflection point. Progress on LLMs ability to assist and even automate large chunks of product development has been significant. The job of a cutting edge software engineer will look very different in a years time. Every few weeks there is another step forward with a new model or tool. External companies (in particular start ups) operate in a much simpler environment (often greenfield) and can take advantage of these tools much more easily and are driving significant productivity gains.We need to make Meta a place where we can also gain from this progress. There are 3 stages in this journey:Stage 1: work in tandem with an assistantStage 2: check in every few hours with a pod of agentsStage 3: oversee an intelligent ecosystem of agentsMany teams at Meta are at Stage 1 - working with an assistant (Claude, Devmate). Frontier companies (Anthropic, Replit, Mercor) are already proving Stage 2/3: pods of agents and intelligent ecosystems driving 10 gains.The AI Natives team will take Meta from stage 1 to stage 3. We will do this by building products (starting with internal tools) at the cutting edge of what is possible in Meta now and fixing (as well as inputing and prioritising roadmaps in other parts of the company) anything thats preventing us from moving up the stages. As an engineer you will learn and then operate at the cutting edge of whats possible in the world at any time.Come and join this small and senior team and turbo charge Meta and your own capabilities!You will have experience as an "AI Native". This means you will be using AI tools to build the vast majority of software in your current role.You will be managing agents to accomplish tasks for you whenever possible.You will be fighting with context windows and prompts and understand how to get the best out of tools like cursor and claude code.Software Engineer (Technical Leadership) Responsibilities Drive the team's goals and technical direction to pursue opportunities that make your larger organization more efficient Effectively communicate complex features and systems in detail Understand industry & company-wide trends to help assess & develop new technologies Partner & collaborate with organization leaders to help improve the level of performance of the team & organization Identify new opportunities for the larger organization & influence the appropriate people for staffing/prioritizing these new ideas Create consumer products and features on a large scale Lead long term technical vision and roadmap for large cross-company effortsMinimum Qualifications Experience leading projects with industry-wide impact Experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions Experience in mentoring/influencing engineers across organizations Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmap in which shorter-term projects ladder to the long-term vision Significant programming experience Extensive experience with building large-scale applications, or similar experience Strong experience with web or mobile technologies Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experiencePreferred Qualifications Experience shipping products to millions of customers or have started a new line of product Experience building and scaling large products or systemsAbout MetaMeta 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. Equal Employment OpportunityMeta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. 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