Performance & Capacity Engineer - Capacity Planning Optimization (Leadership)
MetaPerformance & Capacity Engineer - Capacity Planning Optimization (Leadership)
MetaLocation
Menlo Park, CA
Type
Full-time
Posted
7/29/2026
Compensation
$219k - $301k per year
Job description
Meta is seeking a leader for the Capacity Planning Optimization Engineering team to enhance infrastructure capacity planning processes and tools across the company. This hands-on leadership role involves interfacing with executive leadership and optimizing capacity planning at a strategic level. The position requires collaboration with various engineering and business teams to connect business strategy with technical execution. The role is pivotal in transforming Meta's capacity planning process to be software-driven and agile.
Requirements
- Experience with planning for large-scale technical infrastructure and distributed systems.
- Demonstrated success leading large technical infrastructure planning projects and initiatives.
- Experience working with executive level audiences and partners.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, or a relevant technical field.
- Experience programming in Python, C++, or similar languages.
- 10+ years of experience in Engineering, Data Science, or Operations Research.
Responsibilities
- Own infrastructure capacity planning for all of Meta, including software products and plans for scaling server and data center resources efficiently.
- Partner across the engineering technical landscape to optimize hardware, infrastructure, and software.
- Design and contribute to analytical models connecting business strategy with detailed technical execution.
- Lead company-wide Capacity Planning business processes across technical and non-technical contributors.
- Partner with Finance and business teams to balance cost efficiency with technical and product considerations.
- Work cross-functionally to define problem statements, collect data, build software-driven models, and make recommendations for optimization.
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.
H-1B filing history
Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026
Filing entity: Meta Platforms Inc
As of Aug 23, 2026
Initial approvals
219
FY2026
Approval rate
98.3%
FY2026
LCA certified
6,606
FY2026
Entry-level share
1.9%
FY2026
Initial approvals YoY
-86%
Trend
LCA certified YoY
-27%
Trend
Initial approvals by fiscal year
Approval rate by fiscal year
Continuing vs initial approvals
LCA certified positions by quarter
LCA certified positions by fiscal year
Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.
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