Job Description

Job Title: Software Engineer III (18574-1)
Type: W2 Contract
Duration: 12 months with scope for extension/conversion
Client: Leading Social Media Company
Location: Redmond, WA
**Must have US Work Authorization**

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 type of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to express 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 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.

At Facebook Reality Labs (FRL), our goal is to explore, innovate and design novel interfaces and hardware subsystems for the next generation of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality experiences. We are looking for a skilled and motivated Software Engineer to join our team. We are specifically looking for a candidate with experience in C++ and who can work with a team of researchers who are building prototype research devices. More broadly, the chosen candidate will work with a diverse and highly interdisciplinary team of researchers and engineers and will have access to cutting edge technology, resources, and testing facilities. The ideal candidate will be someone who likes to learn constantly, dive into new areas with unfamiliar technologies, and embrace the ambiguity of AR/VR problem solving. They will also be someone who likes to collaborate in a team environment across multiple scientific and engineering disciplines, making the architectural tradeoffs required to rapidly deliver software solutions.

Facebook is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at accommodations-ext@fb.com

Responsibilities

Lead/contribute to engineering efforts from design to implementation, solving complex technical challenges around developer and engineering productivity and velocity. Design and build advanced automated build, test, release and operations infrastructure. Drive adoption of best practices in code health, testing, and maintainability. Analyze and decompose complex software systems and collaborate with cross-functional teams to influence design for testability. Refactor and improve build scripts to improve build stability and team iteration time.

Required Qualifications

5+ years of professional software development experience
3+ years with modern C++ (C++14 or newer) and Python
Experience in at least one of the following:
Test automation
Build infrastructure
Continuous integration infrastructure
Building tools & testing frameworks

Preferred Qualifications
Experience with the following technologies would also be useful for this role:
PHP/Hack
JavaScript
Linux
MacOS

Education: BS in comp sci or related field