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During your career, there will likely come a time when you’ll have the choice between developing your skills further as an individual contributor or stepping into a leadership role as a manager. While transitioning into management can be a challenge, it’s also a rewarding experience.
At Meta, we approach leadership differently. Our bottom-up culture means that leaders don’t just make decisions, but also focus on removing roadblocks while empowering their teams to think critically and engineer smart solutions. Managers provide guidance while making sure their teams have everything they need to do their best work.
It’s an exciting time to be a leader at Meta, where we’re building four of the most popular apps online today. Each one is used by over a billion people around the world. Team members have a unique opportunity to solve problems we haven’t seen before, whether they’re about scale, efficiency, innovation, or integrity. Community is at the heart of everything we do, and connecting people in new and meaningful ways calls for talented software engineering leaders who can grow and support teams.
We sat down with Nam Nguyen, Head of Engineering at Instagram, to learn about how he sees engineering leadership and our approach to building teams. Considering a leadership role at Meta? Here are four things you should know, according to Nam.
1. We focus on finding the right people for each role
"There are two things that are important when building an organization. One is finding good people, and the second is keeping them here. The recruiting team plays a critical role in finding the right people, and managers are focused on ensuring people are happy here. That’s why I consider leadership recruiting one of the most important parts of my job. I spend a big chunk of my time working closely with recruiting partners. They help me connect the job I have in mind to the right candidate in one of our locations around the globe.
One thing I always encourage people to do when applying to a leadership position at Meta is to participate in an exploratory conversation. These discussions are an opportunity for candidates to sit down with one of us, ask questions about the role, the interview format, the company culture and anything else. We want to make sure candidates feel prepared going into an interview and have a good understanding of the role. It’s important to us that candidates feel supported right from the beginning."
2. We look for leaders with diverse backgrounds
Art by Dana Tanamachi through the Facebook Artist in Residence Program
"One misconception we often get from candidates is that we only recruit people from big tech companies. While those candidates may have relevant experience, we’re also looking for people with diverse backgrounds who can bring unique perspectives and help us build well-rounded solutions.
For example, in the Bay Area, we often recruit candidates from healthcare companies. In London and New York, many leadership candidates have come from finance. We believe in the power of diverse ideas. What we look for when interviewing people for engineering leadership roles is that they either have interest in or experience in being an organization leader and that they have a passion for growing and supporting people within an organization."
3. Meta has leadership opportunities around the globe
"Throughout my career, one of the biggest mistakes I’ve seen with global tech companies is that they treat offices outside of their headquarters as satellite locations. At Meta, it’s the opposite. Whenever we open a new office or grow a development center in a different location, we are very selective about the opportunities we create there.
Many of our core products and services come out of various locations. Workplace, for example, is built entirely in London. New York has one of the biggest research centers at Meta, and Seattle is where the entire Marketplace engineering team is located. Given our approach, we have a lot of leadership opportunities across our global offices."
4. We empower people to grow
"Our goal is to pave a path for people to move around and discover opportunities that help them thrive and play to their strengths. For managers, we have groups where leaders from various organizations will post about managers who are looking to move into other roles. It’s a way for us to connect managers with leaders from other organizations across Meta. This allows us to level the playing field for all managers rather than favoring only those with connections. At Meta, we believe mobility is important for everyone. It’s why we strive to create an open environment in which everyone can explore new opportunities."
Interested in pursuing a career in leadership at Meta? Click here to see our new careers site landing page.
Art at top by Dana Tanamachi through the Facebook Artist in Residence Program
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