Performance & Capacity Engineer

Meta

$150K — $180K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field
  • 8+ years of experience in performance or software engineering
  • 8+ years designing and implementing optimization models
  • 4+ years proficiency in coding/scripting languages (e.g., Python, Java)
  • Experience with distributed systems at scale
  • Strong foundational knowledge in infrastructure operations
  • Demonstrated experience in cross-functional collaboration

Responsibilities

  • Own and oversee infrastructure capacity planning across servers, data centers, and networks
  • Design and launch software solutions to enhance capacity planning efficiency
  • Contribute to capacity planning processes, methodologies, and data delivery
  • Manage and resolve critical escalations in capacity planning
  • Build mathematical models for demand-supply simulation and scenario analysis
  • Collaborate across various teams to define and analyze capacity problems
  • Balance immediate operational needs with long-term optimization projects

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work at the intersection of cutting-edge technology (AI, Metaverse)
  • Access to a collaborative environment with diverse engineering and business teams
  • Involvement in high-impact projects that influence Meta's infrastructure strategy
  • Engagement in capacity planning for a massive scale infrastructure
  • Potential to integrate emerging technologies into practical applications
Full Job Description
Meta is seeking a Performance & Capacity Engineer to join the Capacity Planning and Optimization Engineering (CPOE) team to focus on site-wide performance and capacity optimization at the intersection of all Meta products and services, and all physical infrastructure (Servers, Data Centers, Network). This role will focus on creating and optimizing capacity plans at various altitudes to balance capacity, power, and cost, in an environment of continual product introduction, directly managing billions of investment annually. We do this primarily by building software and mathematical optimization models, not manual planning. This role will be uniquely positioned to optimize these capacity plans and scalably manage exceptions to drive company-level infrastructure decisions. This role requires collaboration across many engineering and business teams, with the opportunity to work with a variety of engineering and business teams to power the rapid growth of Meta's products. This role will help to ensure optimal operation of our infrastructure from both a cost and technology perspective, with millions of servers, Gigawatts of data center capacity, and current and emerging technology including AI, Metaverse, etc. Help build and scale Meta's global infrastructure fleet!

Responsibilities

Own infrastructure capacity planning for Meta: including Servers, Data Centers, Network
• Design, implement and launch software systems to improve capacity planning efficiency and quality, partnering with software engineers
• Contribute to end to end capacity planning processes, methodologies, and data to deliver executable and optimized plans
• Manage and resolve critical escalations and exceptions in all areas of the capacity planning
• Build mathematical models to perform simulation and optimization studies of demand and supply projections, scenario planning, and feasibility analysis while balancing various constraints
• Work cross-functionally to define problem statements, collect data, build analytical models and make recommendations to drive change and optimization to inform company-level infrastructure decisions
• Partner across Infra: such as platform teams, operations, networking planning, data center planning as well as Product and Finance teams to find the most optimal ways to scale our Infrastructure
• Effectively navigate complex tradeoffs and relationships to balance solving for team, cross-functional partner / stakeholders, and Meta company priorities. Balance the need to "keep things running" with longer-term, high-impact projects

Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• 8+ years of experience in performance or software engineering and/or optimization pertinent data science or equivalent practical experience
• 8+ years of experience in designing and implementing models and optimization algorithms
• 4+ years of experience in coding/scripting languages such as Python, R, Java, C, C++, PHP
• Experience working with distributed systems at scale
• Experience in infrastructure operations and technical infrastructure knowledge
• Experience working with cross-functional teams
• Experience optimizing complex systems, working with large datasets, and driving business impact

Preferred Qualifications
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
• Experience in multi-phase/multi-year system/software roadmap development
• Experience in public or private cloud capacity planning and optimization

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