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Software Engineer - Android (Technical Leadership)

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Burlingame, CAJob$219–301K/yrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago

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Compensation
$219–301K/yr
Location
Burlingame, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Meta seeks a principal-level engineer to lead Android and broader engineering efforts, set technical direction, and guide long-term roadmaps. The role involves solving complex technical problems, improving products, and collaborating with leaders across organizations. Candidates should bring extensive programming experience and a record of cross-functional leadership; Android application development and AI-related experience are preferred.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Technical DirectionCommunicationTechnology AssessmentCross-Functional CollaborationTechnical RoadmappingRequirements SynthesisPerformance OptimizationScalabilityTechnical Debt ReductionMultithreadingMobile Memory ManagementAndroid DevelopmentJavaAndroid SDKAPI DesignUnit TestingAI Workflow IntegrationResponsible AI PracticesPrompt EngineeringAgent Orchestration

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Relevant Technical Field or Equivalent Practical Experience12+ Years Programming Experience or 8+ Years With PhDCross-Functional Engineering LeadershipExecutive Stakeholder MentoringMulti-Year Roadmap PlanningData Analysis for Technical Solutions4+ Years Android Application ExperienceLarge-Scale Product Launch

Full job description

Summary:

Meta is seeking talented principal engineers to join our teams in building cutting-edge products that connect billions of people around the world. As a member of our team, you will oversee complex technical problems, build new features, and improve existing products across various platforms, including mobile devices and web applications. Our teams are constantly pushing the boundaries of user experience, and we're looking for passionate individuals who can help us advance the way people connect globally. If you're interested in leading a world-class team of engineers and researchers to work on exciting projects that have significant impact, we encourage you to apply.

Required Skills:

Software Engineer - Android (Technical Leadership) Responsibilities:

  1. Drive the team's goals and technical direction to pursue opportunities that make your larger organization more efficient

  2. Effectively communicate complex features and systems in detail

  3. Understand industry & company-wide trends to help assess & develop new technologies

  4. Partner & collaborate with organization leaders to help improve the level of performance of the team & organization

  5. Identify new opportunities for the larger organization & influence the appropriate people for staffing/prioritizing these new ideas

  6. Lead long term technical vision and roadmap for large cross-company efforts

  7. Suggest, collect and synthesize requirements and create an effective feature roadmap

  8. Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues, and drive large efforts to reduce technical debt

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

  1. Experience driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering efforts

  2. Experience mentoring/influencing executive stakeholders across organizations

  3. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience

  4. Experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions

  5. Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmap in which short-term projects ladder to the long-term mission

  6. 12+ years of programming experience in a relevant language OR 8+ years experience with a PhD

  7. Experience utilizing data and analysis to explain technical problems and provide detailed feedback and solutions

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

  1. Experience with multithreading programming and mobile memory management

  2. 4+ years of experience building Android applications in Java using Android SDK

  3. Shipped at least one large-scale product to production, supporting millions of active users

  4. Experience building maintainable and testable code bases, including API design and unit testing techniques

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

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

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

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 34,044 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$219–301K/yr
  • California median$165–246K/yr7,355 salary ranges
  • US median$140–220K/yr27,246 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $260K, is 27% above the California median midpoint ($205K) — in the top quarter of Software Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 9,115 open Software Engineer jobs in California and 34,044 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 12 years of experience — more than three in four Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 27,543 postings).
Education
12,681 of the 34,044 open Software Engineer jobs (37%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 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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