# Software Engineer, Systems

Meta is seeking a Systems Software Engineer to design, build, and optimize the low-level infrastructure and platform software that powers Meta's products at massive scale. In this role, you will work on systems-level challenges spanning operating systems, runtime environments, networking stacks, storage infrastructure, or compute platform software - driving reliability, performance, and efficiency across Meta's production environment. You will own complex technical problems end-to-end, partnering with hardware, infrastructure, and product engineering teams to deliver systems that operate reliably at global scale.Responsibilities Design and implement systems-level software components including kernel interfaces, runtime libraries, networking subsystems, or storage layers that underpin Meta's production infrastructure Own the technical architecture of platform systems, evaluating trade-offs across performance, reliability, maintainability, and operational complexity Instrument and profile systems to identify performance bottlenecks, latency hotspots, and resource inefficiencies, then drive targeted optimizations with measurable impact Build and maintain robust observability infrastru

- **Id**: 4031015
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/meta-software-engineer-systems-4>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: London, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 6
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T09:15:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T18:38:11Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4223
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Advertising, Virtual & Augmented Reality, Foundation Models, Messaging Apps

## Company

- **Id**: 20
- **Name**: Meta
- **Domain**: meta.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/meta>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Career sitemap

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 78
- **Open postings**: 236
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.89
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 39
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Technologies

- **Context Engineering** — Optional: no
- **eBPF** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 6
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T18:38:11Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Skilled Worker); Route: Skilled Worker

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 39
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T21:16:36Z

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