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Form of workMeta is seeking a performance and Capacity Engineer to join the Capacity Engineering & Analysis team to focus on site-wide performance and capacity projects. This person would be required to work cross-functionally with a number of teams to ensure optimal operation and growth of our computing resources from both a cost and technology perspective. Tens of billions of user requests, hundreds of peta bytes of data, thousands of giga bps of network flow. Help build one of the largest Internet services in the world!
- Scale the largest web capacity in the world
- Work with Product Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, and Data Engineering teams to find the optimal way to scale the infrastructure
- Own end-to-end product design, launch, and operation: Support the design and development of novel performance tooling and infrastructure
- Tackle the state-of-the-art hardware/software performance issues: Analyze and debug difficult server performance issues (latest in industry), identify bottlenecks and optimize product/service performance to improve user experience
- Solve the hardest software performance issues: Work with software developers closely to improve code base performance (e.g. algorithm redesign), reduce resource consumption and shorten request latency
- Develop the coolest tools to monitor billions of user requests: monitoring, reporting, data-mining tools to do performance and capacity-related tests and analysis
- Provide deepest visibility to what is going on for all products: Run capacity and performance experiments to determine scaling and utilization parameters for various service tiers
- Find the game changers and bring them on: Work across engineering function to develop cutting-edge technologies for performance analysis and remediation
- A lot of other cool work: Identify capacity-related issues proactively and work with systems, network, application operations and engineering teams to discover resolutions
Minimum Qualifications:
- BS degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Operations Research or other technical
- Minimum 3 years of experience in coding & scripting languages such as C, C++, C #, Java, PHP or Python or a PhD in related field
- Experience in performance engineering or Capacity Engineering
- Analytical, budgeting and planning skills
- Interpersonal and communication skills
- Experience working with cross-functional teams
- 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.
Preferred Qualifications:
- MS or PhD degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Operations Research or other technical field
About Meta:
Meta 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.
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Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations-ext@fb.com.
Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations-ext@fb.com.
