Job Description

The Manager of Production Engineering at Meta leads a team of engineers to ensure the scalability, reliability, and performance of Meta's products and services. This role involves collaborating with various teams, driving technical discussions, and empowering engineers to develop their careers while balancing immediate operational needs with long-term projects.

Requirements

4+ years of direct management experience in a technology role
BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience
Experience with systems, networking, and troubleshooting
Experience drafting and reviewing code
Experience with building teams and/or organizations, including hiring and managing performance
Communication and cross-collaboration experience

Responsibilities

Support and lead engineers working on Meta's products and services, at different layers of the stack, on challenges related to scalability, reliability, performance and efficiency of systems
Understand and contribute to technical architectures, capacity plans, tooling needs, automation plans, product launch plans and create comprehensive plans for prioritizing technical and resourcing challenges
Drive technical architecture discussions, even on subjects you haven't had direct experience working with
Develop lasting partnerships with product management, program management, network engineering, software engineering and other related groups to build and improve our ever-growing large-scale distributed infrastructure and product environment
Empower engineers to develop their careers, matching their strengths with projects tailored to their skill levels, long-term skill development, personalities, and work styles
Help build and enrich a collaborative work environment comprised of people with a broad range of experiences, perspectives, approaches, and backgrounds
Assess employee performance on an ongoing basis, address under-performance, and recognize and promote performance
Work closely with dedicated recruiting staff to expand the team including interviewing candidates, participating in conferences/events, and on-boarding new employees
Balance the need to 'keep things running' with allocating time to long-term, high-impact projects

Benefits

Employees at Meta are often offered comprehensive benefits, including medical/dental/vision coverage, mental-health resources, family planning support (fertility, adoption, surrogacy), and caregiving programs. Financial benefits typically include a competitive retirement plan, equity awards, life insurance, and access to financial coaching and legal support. Time-off benefits commonly feature generous PTO and holidays, unlimited sick time, various paid leaves, flexible “Global Travel Days,” and a 30-day paid break every five years.