Software Engineer, HW/SW Co-Design Engineer

Menlo Park, CA • Full Time

Meta

AI Infrastructure

Software Engineering

Engineering

Hardware

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As a key member of the team you'll work closely with internal software and platforms engineering teams to drive architectural analysis of workloads and understand their infrastructure requirements. You will drive technology path-finding, roadmap definition and HW/SW co-design activities to deliver new capabilities and efficient systems for our fleet. Furthermore, you'll work with external industry partners to influence their roadmaps and build the best products for Meta’s Infrastructure. Join our team and help shape one of the largest infrastructure footprints which powers Meta’s applications used by billions of people across the globe.

Software Engineer, HW/SW Co-Design Engineer Responsibilities

Utilize extensive understanding of CPUs (x86/ARM) to identify key platform resource bottlenecks. Collaborate closely with software product teams to re-architect services, improve performance through algorithm redesign, reduce resource consumption,

Develop representative benchmarks (in C++, Python, and/or Hack) to capture fleet requirements and drive early evaluation of upcoming platforms. Drive fleet-wide detailed workload analysis and keep ahead of evolving business needs and its impact to compute fleet

Identify novel hardware/software co-design opportunities based on industry trends and new paradigms. Conduct pathfinding activities to quantify the value proposition for Meta and drive roadmap definition

Influence vendor hardware roadmap and broader ecosystem to align with Meta's requirements

Partner with Product Engineering and Infrastructure Engineering teams to find the optimal way to deliver the hardware roadmap into production and drive adoption

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience

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 with programming and scripting languages such as C, C++, Java, PHP, Python

5+ years of experience with hardware architecture, compute technologies and/or storage systems

Preferred Qualifications

Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science, or a related technical field

Demonstrated Architectural understanding of CPU, Memory subsystems, Accelerators, Networking, Flash and/or HDD Storage systems

Experience with large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems, full stack analysis of server applications

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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.

$70.67/hour to $208,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

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