Software Engineer, Source Control Technical Leadership
Oculus VR
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Job Description
About Oculus VR and Meta Reality Labs
The Reality Labs teams at Meta are helping more people around the world come together and connect through Wearable and Virtual Reality hardware and software. Building these devices and experiences requires state-of-the-art developer infrastructure, optimized for Wearable and Virtual Reality devices.
The Reality Labs Developer Infrastructure team is looking for a leader to develop source control solutions across all Reality Labs software and devices.
The Role: Software Engineer, Source Control Technical Leadership
As a Software Engineer, Source Control Technical Leadership, you will drive the team's goals and technical direction, ensuring the larger organization operates more efficiently by developing robust source control solutions for all Reality Labs software and devices.
Responsibilities
- Drive the team's goals and technical direction to pursue opportunities that make your larger organization more efficient
- Technically lead in a team environment across multiple scientific and engineering disciplines, making the architectural trade-offs required to rapidly deliver software solutions
- Develop clean readable code, debug complex problems that span systems, prioritize effectively and get things done with a high level of efficiency
- Understand industry & company-wide trends to help assess & develop new technologies
- Partner & collaborate with organization leaders to help improve the level of performance of the team & organization
- Use AI Agents to improve the productivity of the Source Control team
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- 12+ years of programming experience in a relevant language OR 8+ years experience with a PhD
- 8+ years of relevant experience building large-scale developer infrastructure or similar experience
- Experience leading projects with industry-wide impact
- Extensive experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions
- Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmap in which shorter-term projects ladder to the-long term strategy
- Significant experience in mentoring/influencing engineers across organizations
- Significant experience building Developer Infrastructure solutions
Preferred Qualifications
- Expertise developing source control systems
- Experience with AOSP and Git
About Meta
Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.
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 accommodations-ext@meta.com.
Key skills/competency
- Source Control
- Developer Infrastructure
- Technical Leadership
- Git
- AOSP
- Software Engineering
- Architectural Design
- Problem Solving
- AI Agents
- Roadmap Planning
How to Get Hired at Oculus VR
- Research Meta's culture: Study their mission, values, recent news, and employee testimonials on LinkedIn and Glassdoor.
- Tailor your resume: Highlight experience in developer infrastructure, source control, and technical leadership for Meta.
- Showcase impact: Quantify achievements in project leadership and large-scale system architecture effectively.
- Prepare for technical deep-dives: Brush up on Git, AOSP, and distributed system design principles.
- Demonstrate leadership: Be ready to discuss mentoring, cross-functional collaboration, and strategic planning.
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