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Facebook Backend
- vote Facebook backend? Thinking of applying to Facebook for a backend position in 2021. Wondering what y'all use for backend? TC: 170K
- Facebook backend systems vs web I’m in the bootcamp at FB, I have to choose between backend systems and web focus areas. Which would you advise to choose? ( Low stress, light on-call, with high possibility of career growth )
- Facebook London Backend Teams Got an offer from FB, London for L4. I am interested only in backend opportunities and was wondering if there are any good backend teams which work on real problems rather simply maintaining old/legacy systems. I am looking at teams where there are enough technical challenges with respect to scalabi
- link FB Backend system design I was told I'll be interviewing for Backend system design given my background. What type of question should I expect and how can I best prepare? Papers to read? Grokking is useless. https://www.youtube.com/c/SystemDesignInterview is an awesome resource. My background is embedded systems. Zero ex
- FB product vs backend? I'm applying to FB and seeing SWE, Infrastructure and SWE, Product (Full-stack). What's the role difference and how are the design interviews for each one?
- Facebook nyc backend languages I will be joining fb nyc soon as a backend developer. My primary experience is in Java. What languages do backend teams in nyc use? Is there any java? I am not interested in android app development which I know uses Java.
- Facebook E5 london backend hiring paused? One of the recruiter told my friend that Facebook london has paused hiring for backend roles, they only hiring for full stack roles now. Is this true? Anyone from fb can give insights. #Facebook #facebooklondon
- Facebook backend vs full stack interview How is the interview process different between backend and full stack at Facebook. Phone + onsite? Front end js/css in the full stack? SQL vs NoSQL in interview? TC: 190
- Any Java backend team at Facebook? Joining soon but I heard most teams use C++? I’ve never written a line of C++ in my life.
- vote Facebook vs Uber: Backend Services tech stack I am from networking background. I am deciding between Facebook and Uber. One of the main criteria in my next job is to pic a team, which has a better tech stack, something that will be useful to me outside of the company as well. My area of interest is Backend services and distributed systems. Ube
- Does Facebook have pure backend product SWEs? I was exploring some FB jobs. It seemed like all the pure backend developer jobs are on the infra side. All product swe positions seem to be aimed at fullstack devs. Can someone from FB confirm whether FB has pure backend SWEs working in the product space, or not?
- Facebook Seattle software engineer infrastructure backend Recently got a call from FB recruiter about above position. What should I expect in interview and how much is the salary range for this role? Current TC- 180k
- Backend Technologies used by sdes in Google and Facebook. Google and Facebook sde folks. I have a small doubt. As a sde what tech do you use commonly for backend development at Google or FB? For example java folks use Spring boot and spring. I heard Google uses protobuffs and FB uses graphql extensively.
- What language is most of FB backend code? I imagine most of front end is React but is most of backend Hack? Or does it vary a lot? Current tc: 140k New tc at meta: 325k 1.5 YOE
- Are there a lot of python backend teams at FB/Meta? Hello, I recently got a fb new grad offer and I am strongly considering it; a big pro for working at fb for me would be that I can work on python backend teams since I enjoy working in python. I know that there is a bootcamp process in which you get to choose your team, and I wanted to know if it wa
- Fb Product Sotware Engineer vs (Infra)Backend Software engineer Hi all, I had a call with FB recruiter and she told that position is only for Product software engineer role and there is no opening for Infra org(backend engineer). I would like to know hows the working in fb in both the roles? Any experiences you have can you please share? Also, can we change th
- Facebook system design interview full stack vs backend Recruiter asked me about choosing if I wanted to do a full stack design interview round (example design Netflix, including the ui and apis- essentially entire application) and one backend design interview round(design cassendra for example). I was preparing from grokking the system interview but giv
- Is every FB SWE generalist working backend components? I m trying to understand the purpose of system design interview. Does that mean every engineer work on backend? I thought that its purpose to understand a big picture of where your work fits.
- which facebook teams for a 10 year Java backend engineer? hi friends, I just accepted the facebook E5 offer. I have 10 year Java backend experience, have lots of interests in micro-service, event-stream architecture, NoSQL and distributed systems. Recently I became interested in Python, as I saw lots of hot companies embrace Python. I'd prefer infrastru
- Should I interview for Facebook E5 or E6 Backend Engineer? I just had a conversation with a Facebook Recruiter for a Software Engineer (Infrastructure) position. I am debating if I should apply for E5 or E6. I have been in software industry for 10+ years and have worked in startups and big companies. I show leadership skills on a daily basis in my work and
- What are the best teams in FB for backend engineers? I have an onsite and need to provide the teams I am interested in. What are good teams for backend engineer ( java, distributed systems, nosql) with growth and visibility opportunities.
- vote What is average tenure of Facebook Backend / Infra / Data engineer ? Greater than 4 years is best.
- Facebook Fullstack vs backend role interview differences specially the design round I have heard the difference is only for design round. Can anyone tell me their experiences?
- Backend senior java devs who joined fb - what are you working on product or infra ? 10 yoe, fb tc 410k I have worked as backend dev in product teams so not much intersted in infra. or lets say i dont think i have the expertise to contribute at l5 in infra. Curious what other backend devs with similar profile end up working in fb and if they are happy with the transition. i have
- 10 yoe, backend dev, Got offers from Atlassian, eBay, Apple, Facebook, Netflix. Torn between N, F. Fb tc - 205/600/100, 15% bonus N tc - 480k, 5% options Netflix pros - almost similar work, under 30 mins commute, no bs culture mostly (though it can vary with team). Cons - although I am impressed by most aspects of the culture, the thought of being laid off without notice makes me a bit uncomfor
- What does a week in the life of Facebook L5 infra/backend engineer look like ? What do you work on ? % time on coding vs non-coding ? Average time spent on on-call / outages ? Average time spent over all ? Answer for meets expectations or better performance.
- Microsoft Backend Engineer (Redmond/ 118k/ 25k x 4/ 12.5k x2 ) vs. Facebook Rotation Engineer Program (Bay/155k/ 0/ 60k) Comparing Offer I am currently on a third-year H1b visa and it will expire on Sep 2023. Thus, I need to apply for the Perm asap. Microsoft can start the process immediately after I join. Facebook can start Perm only if I graduate from the program. For the location, I prefer to stay in the Bay area
- Interview bar is crazy high Companies like G, Fb and Amazon which do generic hiring are better and atleast little luck based on interviewer. Otherwise, if we apply for a single opening like backend developer, full stack engineer at a company like Apple, Stripe, Snap etc. all the rounds have to be picture perfect with no error
- Received $450K TC from adult site company I have 1.5 YOE and 170K TC at FB. I was offered $450K as a backend engineer at one of the largest adult site companies. I’m afraid their name will tarnish future career opportunities.
- Why Do People Say FB Work Is Lame? Why fb people? Especially for backend...
- Facebook bootcamp tech pickup I will join fb next month and I’m currently a GO backend engineer. I’m not so interested in frontend(I.e react). Is it possible you don’t learn any frontend in the bootcamp and only focus on the backend tech stack in fb? Do most of the engineers in fb work for both frontend and backend? TC: 280K YO
- Facebook/Apple referal can anyone refer me for backend roles? #facebook #apple
- Fb tech stack options Got an offer from FB recently for E5. I have 8 YOE and have been developing entirely in java with experience in developing backend distributed software systems (with some basic scripting in perl). I heard FB backend is primarily in C++. There are couple of big data teams that do java development.
- vote Coding interview difficulty level for Senior How’s coding interview difficulty level for Senior backend SWE for these companies (decreasing order of difficulty) for Google Facebook and Uber
- Facebook ever hires anything other than Android? I have minor experience with Android, instead mostly worked on backend and distributed stuff. Why FB contacts me only for android? How do I interview for a backend position?
- How much Java vs C++ code at Facebook NYC? Starting as a senior engineer at Facebook NYC soonish. Most of my prior experience is in Java (backend engineering). Should I brush up on C++ before I start, assuming I want to keep doing backend (no Android)? #facebook #facebooknyc
- Hiring Freeze for hot companies I applied to Facebook and Airbnb by referrals, and both got rejected. FB claims only hire 5 yoe engineer and Airbnb claims 6 years.... Friends also told me Google is also slowing.. The tech market is cooling? Edit: applying for backend role. (Feel too many backend engineers on the market) yoe: 3
- vote Singapore Offer Evaluations Recently interviewed with a few big tech companies in Singapore. Suggestions on which offer to choose considering their tech stack and the role: Facebook - full stack (Hack, Typescript) - TC ~260k SGD Bytedance - backend (Go) - TC ~250k SGD Shopee - backend (Go) high throughput systems - TC ~200
- vote Instacart offer evaluation 3.5 YOE, IC5 at Facebook. Current TC is 480k (206 base, rest equity and bonus). Instacart L6 offer - 520k (230 base, rest equity) and a 30k sign on Both roles are infra heavy backend roles (I specialize in a very specific part of backend infra which is necessary for a lot of user facing products)
- Career advice needed TLM at google on a backend team. Or e6 at fb ml team. Is ML overrated? Or is manager better?
- Facebook E5 What is a typical E5 (full stack, backend) offer in facebook with 10+ years of experience?
- WLB at FB.Can People with Kids survive without losing it? 995 ? 9 am to 9pm 5 days a week + weekend spillover? How about backend or infra teams ? Code lines counting for perf ? Or its all Fake News and FB wlb is ok.
- What is stress level at Uber? Backend infra team L5 position Comparing to Google, amazon, Facebook, how would you rank Uber WLB? Is it like FB that has constant stress? TC: 250k
- Robinhood Referral Already interviewing at Apple, Facebook and Uber. YOE 4 Backend SWE #robinhood #referral
- Facebook - Interview - Sys Design I have FB interview coming up for M1. There are 2 Sys design rounds - Product and Backend. What is the difference between Product and Backend rounds? What should be my focus for each of these rounds Eg: Product - APIs, DB schema, UI mock etc Backend - DB schema, replication etc Any help would be a
- Need Referral for Meta (Facebook), linkedin or apple Can someone please refer me to #meta or #linkedin or #apple Current Company: Walmart (India) Role: Senior Software Engineer (Backend) YOE : 4.5 #facebook
- Product/Frontend/Generalist ==> Backend I'm a frontend/product oriented engineer, but I dabbled with some backend work recently and I like it. I want to apply for backend positions outside of FB for my next move. Is that possible for an E5? How do I present my projects? How do I make my resume more palatable to backend positions? Any tip
- Front end roles at a startup Would you take it? Currently I am working in a backend role at G. And worked on backend roles at fb. I feel front end is career limiting. What do you folks think? TC: 450k YOE: 9
- vote Pinterest vs Facebook vs Microsoft vs Coinbase Final internship, need help in deciding what to pick. Pinterest hiring bar seems high, but concerned about stock. All backend positions. #pinterest #facebook #meta #microsoft #coinbase
- Is there any SWE at Facebook using NodeJS Do you use NodeJS for Backend at work? If then, which team? Tc yoe: 250k / 2.5yra ? #facebook