Network Engineer, Automation and Tooling

Network Engineer, Automation and Tooling
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Meta is looking for a talented, highly motivated engineer to join the Edge and Network Services team. This team is responsible for deploying and supporting one of the world’s largest, most complex, and robust networks. Automation is the key to meeting our demands; you will be responsible for conceiving, developing and launching tools to support network deployment, maintenance, and scale of data center and edge infrastructure. As a member of this team, you will have a unique opportunity to be involved in all aspects of global networking at Meta.
Network Engineer, Automation and Tooling Responsibilities
  • Conceptualize, design, build, and maintain web based tools to support network designing, planning, deployment, operation, etc.
  • Proactively find gaps that impact multiple teams/orgs, come up with the execution plan and drive the project and influence other teams to reach there.
  • Help make the people around you move faster by identifying issues slowing the team down and driving changes to address them.
  • Lead/mentor other folks within and outside of the team. Work with other team members from partner teams, understand their challenges, define and deliver automation solutions to address challenges.
  • Help with recruiting and onboarding of new members to the team. Help them by mentoring and assuring their quick ramp up within our environment.
  • Drive requirements with engineering teams, vendors and third parties to align our internal tooling efforts.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to implement, verify and iterate on internal customer facing products, identify and resolve performance and user interface scalability issues.
  • Architect efficient and reusable front-end systems that drive complex web applications.
  • Help scale and optimize our overall network capacity by developing cutting edge software solutions which improve efficiency and bring automation to our data centers.
Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 10+ years of experience building software for network infrastructure
  • Experience with programming languages (Javascript, PHP, Python, Go, or C++).
  • Experience with Web technologies (React.JS, HTML, CSS).
  • Experience with fullstack development (SQL, PHP/Hack, GraphQL)
  • Knowledge of architectural design for frontend applications and fullstack systems.
  • Experience debugging issues, benchmarking performance, and implementing automated testing.
  • Proven experience translating business requirements into software requirements and explaining the system design.
  • Knowledge of technology-agnostic approach to engineering
Preferred Qualifications
  • Knowledge of Django, PHP, Shell.
  • Experience leading and contributing to large cross-functional projects in a global environment.
  • Experience working on a global team in a matrixed environment with limited supervision.
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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.
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