Job Description

Partner Engineering is a highly technical team that works with our strategic partners to integrate Facebook messaging products into their mobile platforms, apps, and devices. Our Mobile Partner Engineering team has managed the Facebook Preloads Program with our mobile partners on more than 1B Android devices and enabled various features & services from Facebook apps to mobile partner devices. Partner Engineers bring deep technical knowledge of Android platforms to lead highly visible initiatives and launch impactful products with our strategic mobile partners. You will engage with some of the world's most influential companies to drive Facebook messaging apps' compatibility and quality on partner devices, and internally with our Product team to enhance those apps. The ideal candidate will combine excellent technical and business skills to make our partners successful and improve our messaging app quality on their devices.

Partner Engineer, Messaging Responsibilities

* Improve the quality of Facebook apps on our partners' latest Android devices

* Be a subject matter expert in relevant project/product and technology areas. Collaborate with external partners, internal Engineering and Product partners on Android app pre-installation

* Identify and surface insights using metrics on product usage to increase adoption and provide new solutions that address the needs of our partners

* Understand tools, concepts and processes related to Facebook family of apps, and underlying implementation across Android

* Use broad range of technical and soft skills to build productive relationships with our partners, and independently resolve complex technical and business needs while contributing to partner documentation

* Use expertise and product insight to deliver high-quality project/integration/partner engagements, while sustaining self-driven productivity

* Guide workflow changes, and gain consensus from stakeholders while driving to solution

* Respond and maintain effective communication with industry partners and internal stakeholders

* Build and manage strong working relationships with technical counterparts. Mentor and share knowledge with peers, creating positive atmosphere amongst team

* Work with partners to develop a long- term strategic plan, grounded on business objectives, and manage partners during feature launches

* Understand organizational structure and cross functional team dynamics and is able to get support from those teams as needed

* Willingness to travel approximately 10% of the time

Minimum Qualifications

* 5+ years of relevant industry experience - software engineering or partner engineering

* B.A/B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent degree or experience

* Experience with Android development and using various SDKs and libraries

* Software development experience in languages and environments such as Java, NDK(C++) and/or PHP

* Experience working with Android operating system

Preferred Qualifications

* Experience communicating with external parties

* Experience with Messaging products (SMS, MMS, and RCS) on Android, IMS stack, or AOSP (Android Open Source Platform)

* Familiarity with the Android preload model and its product development lifecycle

Locations

About the Facebook company

Facebook's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we're building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we're creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Facebook are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities we're just getting started.

Facebook is committed to providing reasonable support (called accommodations) in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions or who are neurodivergent, and to candidates with sincerely held religious beliefs or requiring pregnancy related support. If you need support, please reach out to accommodations-ext@fb.com.

(Colorado only*) Minimum salary of $144,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits
*Note: Disclosure as required by sb19-085(8-5-20)