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Software Engineering Manager

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Compensation
$219–301K/yr
Location
New York, NY
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Meta seeks a Software Engineering Manager to lead multiple engineering teams delivering large-scale software systems for its products and platforms. The manager will shape technical strategy and roadmaps, guide execution across complex initiatives, and partner with product, design, and data science. The role also focuses on developing engineering leaders, maintaining technical quality, improving team health, and fostering effective cross-functional collaboration.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Software EngineeringTechnical LeadershipEngineering ManagementTeam ManagementPerformance ManagementCareer DevelopmentTechnical StrategyRoadmap PlanningStakeholder CommunicationOrganizational CommunicationEngineering Organization ScalingEngineering EfficiencyWorkflow ImprovementAI Workflow IntegrationResponsible AIPrompt EngineeringContext EngineeringAgent OrchestrationDistributed SystemsInfrastructurePlatform-Scale Software

Qualifications

8+ Years Software Engineering Experience2+ Years Managing Engineering Leaders

Full job description

Summary:

Meta is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead multiple engineering teams delivering large-scale software systems that power Meta's family of products and platforms. In this role, you will drive technical strategy, shape roadmaps, and ensure your teams execute with speed and quality across complex, high-impact initiatives. You will partner closely with product, design, and data science to align engineering efforts with business goals, while cultivating a team culture that values engineering craft, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Required Skills:

Software Engineering Manager Responsibilities:

  1. Manage multiple engineering teams and technical leaders delivering on large-scale projects with significant organizational dependencies and business impact

  2. Actively shape technical strategy and long-term roadmap priorities by synthesizing team insights and aligning with broader organizational goals

  3. Drive efficient execution against strategy by proactively identifying and resolving blockers related to vision, people, or project delivery

  4. Maintain technical engagement across teams by evaluating technical direction and quality, and contributing directly where appropriate

  5. Delegate key technical and product responsibilities to leads to ensure sound and timely engineering decisions are made

  6. Build and grow the team by proactively sourcing, recruiting, and closing candidates, and by developing engineering leaders from within and outside the organization

  7. Foster a self-reinforcing team culture that values engineering craft, healthy codebases, and efficient workflows and tooling

  8. Proactively monitor and improve team health through regular feedback cycles, upward feedback, and retention efforts informed by engagement data

  9. Communicate effectively across all levels of the organization, sharing relevant context and helping stakeholders understand how emerging technologies reshape what is possible

  10. Model cross-functional ownership by ensuring engineers engage substantively with product, design, and data partners rather than operating in silos

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

  1. 8+ years of software engineering experience, including experience in technical leadership or engineering management roles

  2. 2+ years of experience managing other engineering managers or technical leaders

  3. Experience recruiting, developing, and managing engineering teams, including performance management and career development

  4. Experience influencing technical strategy and roadmap decisions across multiple teams or organizational areas

  5. Experience communicating technical decisions and organizational context to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

  1. Experience building and scaling engineering organizations in ambiguous, high-growth environments

  2. Track record of improving engineering efficiency through tooling, workflow improvements, or process changes adopted across teams

  3. Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)

  4. Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)

  5. Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies

  6. Experience managing teams delivering on distributed systems, infrastructure, or platform-scale software projects

Public Compensation:

$219,000/year to $301,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Industry: Internet

Equal Opportunity:

Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment 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. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.

Meta 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 [email protected].

How this job compares

Set against the 1,182 open Software Engineering Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$219–301K/yr
  • New York median$171–262K/yr59 salary ranges
  • US median$143–262K/yr1,003 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $260K, is 22% above the New York median midpoint ($213K) — in the top quarter of Software Engineering Manager salary ranges in New York.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 66 open Software Engineering Manager jobs in New York and 1,182 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York
Experience
This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Software Engineering Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 8 years at the median (1,077 postings).
Education
421 of the 1,182 open Software Engineering Manager jobs (36%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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