Software Engineer, Systems

Job Description

Set technical direction and architecture for Meta’s large-scale systems software, including container runtimes, isolation mechanisms, and low-level infrastructure. Improve workload efficiency, reliability, and support for AI workloads while partnering across kernel, scheduling, capacity, and hardware teams and mentoring engineers.

Requirements: Requires a bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience, plus 8 or more years in systems software engineering. Candidates should have experience driving technical direction for container runtime and isolation systems, improving fleet-scale workload performance and reliability, and collaborating across teams; operating system internals and fault-tolerant distributed systems experience are preferred.

Key Skills: Systems Software Engineering, Linux Systems Programming, Container Runtime Management, Virtual Machine Lifecycle Management, Workload Isolation, Resource Control, Distributed Systems, Performance Optimization, Fleet Reliability, Operating System Internals, Kernel-Userspace Interfaces, AI Workload Support, Hardware-Software Co-Design, Technical Architecture, Cross-Team Collaboration, Engineering Mentorship

Benefits: Bonus, Equity, Benefits