Director, Backbone Engineering
Meta

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The Meta Backbone Engineering Team is part of the overall Meta Infrastructure organization and is responsible for Meta Backbone network. We cover our ever-growing data centers, the global backbone that connects all our locations, and our edge points-of-presence. Our engineering team is re-imagining the network. You can be part of this change, you can help define the next phase of networking. We are moving aggressively to blur the lines between the network, server and software worlds, to adapt the best practices for scaling and system administration to networking. Engineers on the team have backgrounds in network engineering, systems engineering and software development. They work as a team to build network wide control systems, analytics and planning/design tools, as well as design and architect the next generation disaggregated backbone, from a network engineering perspective.We are looking for a Director who will lead the group designing next generation backbone and edge tiers, developing planning/design tools, and working in conjunction with our control systems. Specific experience in developing network-wide software or distributed systems is required. Generally, we embrace entrepreneurs as well as those who come from more established organizations. Software Engineering Managers are clearly characterized by progressive technical experience and demonstrated progression in management responsibility. You have also kept your coding skills sharp and bring an unwavering passion for managing the dynamics of a fast-paced environment.

Director, Backbone Engineering Responsibilities:

• Be a highly technical Director with deep experience in networking, systems, and software
• Hold your own in technical discussions, be a subject matter expert, and have strategic influence
• Help define and drive regular development of an aggressive technical roadmap to meet the needs of the team, and partner teams
• Operate in a rapidly evolving environment, adapting quickly to new information and re-prioritizing as needed
• Manage engineers and managers working to build, scale, deploy and support network systems for our global network infrastructure
• Partner closely with Meta datacenter, backbone, and edge network engineering teams and other software infrastructure teams
• Be an effective people manager
• Help engineers and managers develop their careers, assigning them to projects tailored to their skill levels, long-term skill development, personalities, and work styles
• Assess employee performance frequently, address under-performance, and recognize and promote excellent performance
• Work closely with dedicated recruiting staff to expand the team, including sourcing candidates, interviewing candidates, participating in conferences/events, and onboarding new employees
• Communicate cross-functionally and drive engineering efforts

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years experience managing a networking-related software engineering team
• Knowledge of networking and distributed systems
• Experience in network-wide analytics/design tools and/or control systems (SDN) for large-scale networks
• BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline or equivalent experience
• Experience recruiting and managing technical teams, including performance management and managing engineers
• Knowledge of networking fundamentals
• Communications experience

Facebook is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.Facebook is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations-ext@fb.com.

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