Production Engineer (University Grad) at Meta

Menlo Park, California, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

18 Feb, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

20 Nov, 25

Experience

0 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Software Engineering, Production Engineering, Coding, Debugging, Networking, MySQL, Postgres, Problem Solving, Cross-Functional Communication, Infrastructure, AI, Fleet Management, Service Reliability, Performance Optimization, Documentation, Capacity Planning

Industry

Software Development

Description

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

Responsibilities

Production Engineers at Meta own back-end and front-end services, ensuring reliability and performance across various platforms. They write and review code, develop documentation, and debug complex systems used by billions of users worldwide.