Software Engineer - Technical Leadership
London, UK • Full Time
Meta
Software Engineering
Engineering
At Meta, we're not just building products - we're shaping the future of digital privacy. We believe that privacy is more than a feature; it's a fundamental right. That's why we're committed to embedding privacy into the very heart of our products. We're on a mission to redefine the way privacy is handled in the digital world, and we're looking for innovative minds to join us on this journey. In service of this goal we have multiple high visibility, high impact senior engineering roles available in Privacy, which will put you right at the heart of some of the company’s most important investments and challenges. You might find yourself working on a company wide regulatory response, supporting product teams across Meta on both technical strategy and execution. Or you may develop a deep expertise in a particular theme of external pressure, shaping the company technical direction and developing centralized systems and tooling to allow the business to execute at pace whilst staying on top of our obligations.
Software Engineer - Technical Leadership Responsibilities
  • Drive technical strategy for company trajectory-altering problems, negotiating the approach with executive leadership and developing the execution plan with partner orgs, and ensuring we meet privacy commitments while optimizing for company efficiency
  • Establish technical direction for new Privacy teams in our most highly pressured or ambiguous areas
  • Accelerate our ability to meet privacy commitments by developing and applying novel technologies
  • Partner and effectively communicate with teams across Meta to navigate complex technical trade offs in their privacy decision making
  • Identify and execute upon opportunities to help the company move fast through centralization of tooling and systems
  • Embrace a constantly evolving environment where the process is fluid and creative solutions are operationalized at a very fast pace
Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Experience leading projects with industry-wide impact
  • Experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions
  • Experience in mentoring/influencing senior engineers across organizations
  • Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmap in which shorter-term projects ladder to the long-term vision
  • Experience in driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering efforts
  • Significant programming experience
  • Strong experience with building large-scale applications, or similar experience
  • Experience with web or mobile technologies
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience shipping products to many millions of customers
  • Experience building and scaling large products or systems
  • Privacy Understanding, Data Strategy, AI domain expertise
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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