Software Engineer HW/SW Co-Design

Meta•Menlo Park, CA

1d•$59 - $181,000

About The Position

Meta is seeking a software engineer to drive the definition of our next-generation compute and storage platforms. As a key member of the team you'll work closely with internal software and platforms engineering teams to drive architectural analysis of workloads and understand their infrastructure requirements. You will drive technology path-finding, roadmap definition and hw/sw co-design activities to deliver new capabilities and efficient systems for our fleet. Furthermore, you'll work with external industry partners to influence their roadmaps and build the best products for Meta’s Infrastructure. Join our team and help shape one of the largest infrastructure footprints which powers Meta’s applications used by billions of people across the globe.

Requirements

Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Degree must be completed prior to joining Meta
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical experience
Experience with programming & scripting languages such as C, C++, Java, PHP, Python
2+ years of experience with hardware architecture, compute technologies and/or storage systems

Nice To Haves

PhD plus 1+ years experience in related areas

Responsibilities

Utilize extensive understanding of hardware architecture - CPUs (x86/ARM), Flash/HDD storage systems, networking, and GPUs - to identify key platform resource bottlenecks.
Collaborate closely with software product teams to re-architect services, improve performance through algorithm redesign, and reduce resource consumption
Develop representative benchmarks (in C++/Python/Hack) to capture fleet requirements and drive early evaluation of upcoming platforms.
Drive fleet-wide detailed workload architectural analysis and keep ahead of evolving business needs and its impact to compute and storage performance
Identify novel hardware/software co-design opportunities based on industry trends and new paradigms.
Conduct technology pathfinding activities to quantify the value proposition for Meta and drive roadmap definition
Partner with Product Engineering and Infrastructure Engineering teams to find the optimal way to deliver the hardware roadmap into production and drive adoption
Influence vendor hardware roadmap and broader ecosystem to align with Meta's requirements
Find opportunities for community contribution through publications in leading conferences and open-source projects