Meta's Standalone Apps Team is seeking a senior infrastructure engineer to build the foundational platform for a new image-and-text community app. This role offers high ownership and the opportunity to shape the product from its inception. The engineer will focus on creating reliable, scalable, and cost-efficient infrastructure that supports a small team in moving quickly. The position emphasizes collaboration with product and ML engineers to enhance throughput and reliability.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 12+ years of software engineering experience, particularly in infrastructure, platform, or distributed systems.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, storage, reliability, and performance.
• Proven track record of building and operating infrastructure at scale.
• Experience in leading technical direction and working independently with limited guidance.

• Design, build, and own core infrastructure including data pipelines, storage, service frameworks, and deployment/observability tooling.
• Ensure the platform is reliable, scalable, and cost-efficient.
• Identify and remove bottlenecks to maintain team efficiency.
• Set the technical direction for infrastructure.
• Define the patterns that product engineers will build on.
• Collaborate with product and ML engineers to meet their throughput and reliability needs.
• Mentor other engineers and elevate the operational standards.

• 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.