Research Engineer, Capacity Engineering And Analysis

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, WhatsApp, and Novi 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. To apply, click "Apply to Job" online on this web page.
Research Engineer, Capacity Engineering and Analysis Responsibilities

• Work cross-functionally with a number of teams to ensure efficient operation and growth of our computing resources from both a cost and technology perspective.
• Explore and develop novel solutions to scale the largest web capacity in the world.
• Work with Services, Product, Data, and Infrastructure teams to scale the data center infrastructure, including tens of billions of user requests, hundreds of petabytes of data, and thousands of giga bps of network flow.
• Perform research and make recommendations aimed at tackling state-of-the-art hardware and software performance issues (e.g., optimize product/service performance, reduce resource consumption and shorten request latency, etc.).
• Provide deep visibility into Meta products and services.

Minimum Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field and completion of a Graduate-Level Course, Research Project, or Internship involving each of the following skills:
• Leveraging theoretical and empirical research to solve problems
• Communicating complex research in a clear, precise, and actionable manner
• Coding and scripting
• Artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer architecture, operating systems, data center technologies, performance analysis, or workload characterization.

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