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Software Engineer, Video AI/ML Specialist

Meta
Menlo Park, CA Full-time 2/11/2026 $88.46 an hour
Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
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FY 2025

Job Description

Meta is seeking a Video Software Engineer to develop innovative video solutions for products like Messenger and AR/VR. The role involves optimizing video codecs, troubleshooting real-time communication systems, and enhancing user experiences through advanced video processing techniques.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
  • 7+ years software development experience in industry settings or PhD with 4+ years of experience
  • 3+ years relevant video software engineering experience in industry settings
  • Experience in C/C++ multithreaded programming
  • Experience leading large or complex projects, defined goals and delivered milestones by leading teams

Responsibilities

  • Research, develop, and troubleshoot real time communication systems, related to video and audio codecs, cameras, displays, and microphones
  • Work closely with cross-functional teams to understand features, operation, and specify enhancements
  • Optimize and improve video codec efficiency, encode rate control, processing speed, video pre/post-processing, and error resilience
  • Debugging and diagnosing quality of end-to-end video experience on lossy networks in real-time communication scenarios
  • Define the video optimization roadmap for both low-end and high-end networks and devices
  • Lead the definition and implementation of media processing pipeline
  • Continuously improve the efficiency of the automated test tooling by leveraging the internal automated test infrastructure

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.

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