Software Engineer - Product (Technical Leadership)

Meta

$150K — $200K *
Information Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Experience mentoring and influencing executive stakeholders across organizations.
  • Proficient in utilizing data and analysis to diagnose technical issues and propose solutions.
  • Experienced in cross-functional collaboration to facilitate problem-solving.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
  • 12+ years of programming experience or 8+ years with a PhD in a relevant discipline.
  • Track record of planning and executing a multi-year technical roadmap that serves long-term objectives.
  • Experience leading large-scale engineering initiatives across functions.

Responsibilities

  • Drive technical direction and team goals to enhance organizational efficiency.
  • Clear communication of complex features and systems to diverse audiences.
  • Analyze industry and company trends to foster the adoption of new technologies.
  • Collaborate with leadership to boost team and organizational performance.
  • Identify and advocate for new opportunities, guiding staffing and prioritization decisions.
  • Lead the technical vision and roadmap for significant cross-company projects.
  • Gather and synthesize requirements to create an effective feature roadmap.

Benefits

  • Access to a collaborative and innovative work environment.
  • Opportunities for professional development and mentorship.
  • Work on cutting-edge technologies within a cross-functional team.
  • Involvement in industry-leading projects that shape company strategy.
  • Potential for significant career advancement opportunities.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

Drive the team's goals and technical direction to pursue opportunities that make your larger organization more efficient
• Effectively communicate complex features and systems in detail
• Understand industry & company-wide trends to help assess & develop new technologies
• Partner & collaborate with organization leaders to help improve the level of performance of the team & organization
• Identify new opportunities for the larger organization & influence the appropriate people for staffing/prioritizing these new ideas
• Lead long term technical vision and roadmap for large cross-company efforts
• Suggest, collect and synthesize requirements and create an effective feature roadmap
• Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues, and drive large efforts to reduce technical debt

Minimum Qualifications
• Experience mentoring/influencing executive stakeholders across organizations
• Experience utilizing data and analysis to explain technical problems and provide detailed feedback and solutions
• Experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• 12+ years of programming experience in a relevant language OR 8+ years experience with a PhD
• Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmap in which short-term projects ladder to the long-term mission
• Experience driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering efforts

Preferred Qualifications
• Experience in programming languages such as C, C++, Java, Swift, or Kotlin, and scripting languages such as Python, Javascript, or Hack
• 8+ years relevant experience building large-scale applications or similar experience
• Experience improving quality through thoughtful code reviews, appropriate testing, proper rollout, monitoring, and proactive changes
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies

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