Software Engineering, Manager

$262,822 - $290,180/Yr

Meta - Menlo Park, CA

Full-time - Manager

Menlo Park, CA

5,001-10,000 employees

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About the position

The Software Engineering Manager at Meta is responsible for leading technical teams in the development and delivery of software products and services. This role combines hands-on technical expertise with effective people management, requiring the manager to be a subject matter expert in specific domains while coordinating activities across various functions. The position involves strategic planning, roadmap creation, and driving engineering initiatives that have a significant organizational impact.

Responsibilities

• Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in electronic data processing, information systems, systems analysis, and computer programming.
• Be both a highly technical, hands-on coder and an effective people manager.
• Be a subject matter expert in at least one specific domain.
• Lead teams that deliver on multiple projects of increasing dependencies in an ambiguous or high-impact area.
• Work with team and cross-functional partners to define and influence strategy.
• Work on issues of diverse scope, and drive roadmap creation and execution.
• Collaborate with various functions, drive engineering initiatives and have an impact at an organizational level.
• Participate in technical design.
• Measure the impact of team and set clear expectations and goals.
• Manage the coordination of the activities of the team with responsibility for results, including costs, methods, and staffing.
• Work effectively with cross-functional partners and stakeholders to set and achieve optimal outcomes.
• Partner with leadership to influence and drive org design, contribution and prioritization.
• Understand product and can drive roadmap creation.
• Effectively recognize and delegate the work to the right people and minimize/prevent single points of failure.
• Proactively identify and fix issues that are slowing the team down.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Software, Engineering, Applied Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, or related field.
• Three years of software engineering work experience including hands-on technical management building infrastructure core components.
• Experience coding in C++, Java, Javascript, Python, or PHP.
• Experience recruiting and managing technical teams, including performance management.
• Experience architecting, developing, and shipping software products and/or services.
• Management experience with technical teams, or experience as a technical lead or project manager.
• Experience building products including front end technologies or backend systems.
• Experience with Unix or Linux.
• Experience with large-scale Internet service architectures (load balancing, LAMP, or CDN's).
• Experience designing and developing distributed systems, storage systems, or cache and data distribution infrastructure.
• Experience scaling high performance, high throughput systems.
• Experience troubleshooting and diagnosing problems in large-scale systems.
• Experience coordinating large-scale, cross-functional efforts that span different teams.
• Experience developing and managing requirements, and making data-driven decisions.
• Experience leading strategic implementation and planning for risk and growth.

Benefits

• Competitive salary ranging from $262,822 to $290,180 per year plus bonus and equity.
• Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off.