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Production Engineering

Brief overview

Fremont, CAIn-person
UndergradOr in progress
$122k–$181k/yrStated range
2+ yrsMinimum
4,285 H-1B approvalsDept. of Labor
2,876 green cardsCertified filings
LinuxUNIXNetwork fundamentalsJavaPythonC++PHP/HackRustGoSoftware learningFrameworksAPIsInternet service architectureCapacity planningUrgent capacity augmentationLAMP stackMEAN stack

About the company

Meta's mission is to build the future of human connection and the technology that makes it possible.

Visa sponsorship history

4 years sponsoring, last filed FY2026H-1B dependent

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4,285H-1B approved
97%approval rate
1,690new H-1B hires
2,876PERM certified
$212,690median wage / yr
H-1B Petition ApprovalsVisas USCIS actually granted: the strongest sign the company sponsors.
20231,521
20241,495
2025570
2026699
LCA Certified ApplicationsAn early filing step, not a visa approval: it signals intent, not confirmed sponsorship.
20231,065
20241,557
2025910
2026858
Green Card (PERM) FilingsCertified green card filings: a long-term commitment to international hires.
20231,739
2024674
2025386
202677
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Job description

Summary

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. The Production Engineers (PEs) at Meta develop the infrastructure for all of Meta's products and services, ensuring reliability and performance for billions of users through high-quality code and problem-solving in live production environments.

Responsibilities

  • Own back-end services which handle fleet management, front-end services such as WhatsApp / Instagram / Facebook / Meta Ads, infrastructure components that drive Meta’s advances in AI, core services which are used by every team at Meta, the world’s largest MySQL deployments, networking systems and everything in between
  • Write and review code, develop documentation and capacity plans, and debug the hardest problems, live, on some of the largest and most complex systems in the world
  • Together with your engineering team, you will share an on-call rotation and be an escalation contact for service incidents
  • Partner alongside the best engineers in the industry working on the coolest stuff around, the code and systems you work on will be in production and used by billions of people all around the world

Skills

  • 2+ years of experience in \nix (Linux or another UNIX-like OS) and Network fundamentals
  • 2+ years of coding experience in an industry-standard language (e.g. Java, Python, C++, PHP/Hack, Rust, Go)
  • Experience learning software, frameworks and APIs
  • Experience with Internet service architecture capacity planning and/or handling needs for urgent capacity augmentation
  • Knowledge of common web technologies and/or Internet service architectures (such as LAMP or MEAN stacks, CDN, Load Balancing techniques, etc.)
  • Experience configuring and running infrastructure level applications, such as Kubernetes, Terraform, MySQL, etc
  • Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Degree must be completed prior to joining Meta
  • BS or MS in Computer Science

Qualifications

Must Haves

  • 2+ years of experience in \nix (Linux or another UNIX-like OS) and Network fundamentals
  • 2+ years of coding experience in an industry-standard language (e.g. Java, Python, C++, PHP/Hack, Rust, Go)
  • Experience learning software, frameworks and APIs
  • Experience with Internet service architecture capacity planning and/or handling needs for urgent capacity augmentation
  • Knowledge of common web technologies and/or Internet service architectures (such as LAMP or MEAN stacks, CDN, Load Balancing techniques, etc.)
  • Experience configuring and running infrastructure level applications, such as Kubernetes, Terraform, MySQL, etc
  • Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Degree must be completed prior to joining Meta

Nice to Haves

  • BS or MS in Computer Science

Benefits

  • Bonus
  • Equity
  • Benefits

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