Director, Engineering
Bangalore, India • Full Time
Meta
Enterprise Engineering
Software Engineering
Machine Learning
Engineering
We are looking for an experienced Engineering Director to build and lead our engineering team in India. We welcome entrepreneurs and individuals from established companies who share our vision. The ideal candidate will have a solid technical foundation and a proven track record of building healthy organizations that foster effective collaboration across multiple disciplines. As an Engineering Director, you will influence technical decision-making, drive prioritization and execution, and manage outstanding engineers and engineering managers in a fast-paced, impact-focused environment. Your responsibilities will include developing and executing our engineering strategy, building and managing a high-performing team, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality products. This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in shaping the future of our engineering presence in India. You will be responsible for establishing a strategy to hire and build founding engineering teams, partnering with regional leadership to create a vision for engineering teams in India, developing strategic roadmaps, and ensuring the highest level of technical execution quality.
Director, Engineering Responsibilities
  • Lead, drive and execute on our strategy for delivering enterprise systems
  • Identify new opportunities for the larger organization and influence the appropriate people for staffing/prioritizing these new ideas
  • Lead long term technical vision and roadmap for large enterprise-wide efforts
  • Collaborate with various functions, drive engineering initiatives and have an impact at an organizational level
  • Lead teams that deliver on multiple projects of increasing dependencies in an ambiguous or high-impact area.
  • Work effectively with cross functional partners and stakeholders to set and achieve optimal outcomes.
  • Measure the impact of team and set clear expectations and goals.
  • Hire, build and manage engineering teams that deliver on multiple projects of increasing dependencies
Minimum Qualifications
  • Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Software, Engineering, Applied Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, or related field, followed by ten+ years of progressive, postbaccalaureate work experience in the job offered or in a computer-related occupation
  • Be a subject matter expert in at least one specific domain (examples: recruiting, people, finance, supply chain).
  • Experience building large scale enterprise software systems from the ground up
  • Experience as a great collaborator, experience building models & processes for aligning work across large teams, experience building the relationships needed to cut through obstacles and quickly resolve problems.
  • Requires ten years of experience in the following:
  • 1. Coding in one of the following languages: C++, C#, Java, Javascript, Python, or PHP
  • 2. Management experience with technical teams, and as a technical lead
  • 3. Designing and developing distributed systems
  • 4. Building enterprise systems across Finance, Supply Chain or HR
  • 5. Defining and managing software projects, and making data-driven decisions
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience setting up and leading an engineering office
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 proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. You may view our Equal Employment Opportunity notice here.

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