Production Engineer Intern

About the Role

Production Engineers (PEs) at Meta are specialized software engineers who develop the underlying infrastructure for all of Meta's products and services. PEs work across Meta’s product and infrastructure teams to ensure services are reliable, performant, and capable of supporting billions of users. This involves writing high-quality code, solving complex problems in live production, and tackling challenges that impact over 2 billion people worldwide.

Key Responsibilities

• Own back-end services which handle fleet management.
• Own front-end services such as WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, and Meta Ads.
• Own infrastructure components that drive Meta’s advances in AI.
• Own core services which are used by every team at Meta.
• Own the world’s largest MySQL deployments.
• Own networking systems.
• Write and review code.
• Develop documentation and capacity plans.
• Debug complex problems live on large and complex systems.
• Partner alongside engineers working on code and systems that will be in production and used by billions of people.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Currently enrolled in a full-time, degree-seeking program and obtaining a Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science or a related field.
• Experience in a *nix (e.g., Linux, BSDs, Solaris, or another UNIX-like OS) or Windows OS.
• Experience coding in at least one language.
• 1 or more years of experience with new development languages including: Python, Hack/PHP, C++, Java, Rust, and GoLang.

Qualifications

• Understanding of TCP/IP networking fundamentals.
• Knowledge of internet service architectures (such as load balancing, LAMP, CDNs).
• Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire and maintain ongoing work authorization.
• Intent to return to a full-time degree program after the internship.