At Facebook Reality Labs (FRL) our mission is to give people the tools to feel connected anytime, anywhere. We create new, category-defining consumer hardware and software - such as Oculus Quest, Portal, and Spark AR - that are immersive, social, and increase the depth of people's connections. Our team is a diverse group of problem solvers, inventors, and proven visionaries who are relentless about transforming everyday occurrences into rich experiences that have the potential to improve the way billions of people live. We're seeking experienced full-stack software engineers to join our product teams in FRL. Join us!
Software Engineer (Leadership) - AR/VR 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
* Understand the goals, strategy, and engineering bottlenecks of the organization
* Advocate for higher product quality and engineering efficiency
Minimum Qualifications
* Experience leading projects with industry-wide impact
* Experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions
* Experience in mentoring/influencing senior engineers across organizations
* Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmap in which shorter-term projects ladder to the long-term vision
* Experience in driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering efforts
* 12+ years of programming experience
* 12+ years of experience with building large-scale applications, or similar experience
Preferred Qualifications
* BS degree in Computer Science or related field
* Experience with discovery features such as search and ranking
* Experience building backend services or platforms
* Experience building AR/VR products or infra from ideation to shipping
* Experience shipping products to millions of customers or have started a new line of product
* Experience with virtual reality (Rift, VIVE, Gear VR, etc.)
* Experience in UX design or game design
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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.
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Menlo Park, CA
Facebook, Inc. provides various products to connect and share through mobile devices, personal computers, and other surfaces worldwide. The company’s products include Facebook that enables people to connect, share, discover, and communicate with each other on mobile devices and personal computers; Instagram, a community for sharing photos, videos, and messages; Messenger, a messaging application for people to connect with friends, family, groups, and businesses across platforms and devices; and WhatsApp, a messaging application for use by people and businesses to communicate in a private way. It also provides Oculus, a hardware, software, and developer ecosystem, which allows people to come together and connect with each other through its Oculus virtual reality products. As of December 31, 2018, it had approximately 1.52 billion daily active users. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.