Job Description

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.

The Facebook Reality Labs team at Facebook is helping more people around the world come together and connect through world-class Augmented, Mixed, and Virtual Reality hardware and software. With global departments dedicated to AR/VR research, machine perception, graphics, operating systems, social interaction, and more, we are committed to driving the state-of-the-art forward through relentless innovation. AR and VR’s potential to change the world is immense. In our efforts to build a novel Operating System, we are currently seeking an Engineering Manager-Networking to manage teams of engineers focused on building a novel networking stack. The ideal candidate has strong design and build skills, a passion for systems software, hands-on experience delivering programming runtimes to other developers, and experience with shipping hardware and software products. You are the kind of leader who has expertise building and supporting high-performance teams that create highly reliable, robust, and performant systems software. You have hands-on experience leading teams bringing up new, widely used programming platforms, runtimes and languages and have significant experience debugging and repairing complex, multi-component systems. You have a passion for shipping software that enables other developers to succeed on our platform.

Responsibilities

• Build and grow a high performance team designing and implementing Networking stack as part of core Operating System.
• Responsible for all aspects of networking including networking protocols, configuration and security of the product.
• Help set the direction and goals for the team, in terms of project impact, product quality, and engineering efficiency.
• Plan and coordinate major initiatives such as phased onboarding of internal and external SW products/solutions on the new Operating System.
• Manage engineers and help them develop their careers, assigning them to projects tailored to their skill levels, long-term skill development, personalities, and work styles.
• Influence the engineering culture in your broader team and advocate for higher product quality and engineering efficiency.
  

Minimum Qualification

• Experience of 10+ years on developing and maintaining Networking stacks.
• Experience of 3+ years on managing a networking stack team.
• Experience with networking protocols such as TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, SPDY, DNS, DHCP, VoIP.
• Experience with network and wireless security.
• Experience with networking stack on Linux, iOS or Android.
• Experience in embedded architecture (real-time operating system), external interfaces, product constraints, along with experience reviewing and guiding development of architectures/features that meet these constraints while providing new value for the platform.
• Proven people management skills, with a proven experience hiring and growing a team of talented leaders and individuals.
• Demonstrated experience operating within short release cycles and under uncertainty.
• Superior communication and analytical skills, including proven experience identifying and solving ambiguous problems.
  
  

Preferred Qualification

• Demonstrated knowledge of Operating Systems internals on at least one platform.
• Masters degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent.
  

Facebook is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Facebook is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations-ext@fb.com.