Compensation is the biggest pro. Also, unlike other hire to fire companies (most tech companies at this point in 2024), you at least have a chance to prove yourself and are given a couple months to onboard. There are worse tech companies out there such as Amazon and Intuit, but Meta’s culture is still quite terrible. They try and justify the long hours and stress with how much you can make - Meta still pays more than any other major tech company, even in 2024, which is definitely a pro, but the culture is cutthroat and you can’t trust anyone. It would probably be easier to work two remote jobs at “less prestigious” tech or tech adjacent companies to make the same amount at Meta with more stability, better WLB, and less drama.
Pretty much the same as what one would experience at most tech companies in 2024. But some aspects are better or worse than others. Long hours. WLB is highly team dependent. Apparently Meta used to be a lot better in this regard, but now not so much. It is intense, but if you have startup experience, it is at least less intense than that. And again, it is more fair than a place like Amazon. Office politics are a thing at all tech companies, but a little more extreme at Meta. Blame and shame culture is big. People are snakes and are prepared to throw even the newest and most vulnerable employees under the bus to save their own skins. This makes things quite unfair, but as long as you’re proactive and document everything thoroughly, you’re at least given a chance to refute these attacks. A lot of gossip and backstabbing. This is separate from and still related to PSC culture, which everyone complains about. Management is terrible overall. Sometimes there is micromanagement. One of the few companies where it’s possible you’ll have a manager younger than you, even if you’re only 27-31ish. Often ICs seem to be held accountable for things that are way beyond their day-to-day scope - basically things that are ultimately the fault of leadership and management. Management frequently tries to pin things on their employees. Your manager is often trying to screw you, and if they can’t find a way, they are often trying to invent things you did wrong. This isn’t a dealbreaker because as long as you’re doing your job, it is easy to refute, but it creates a ton of work because you have to be extremely well-organized and have documented every interaction with your manager colleagues. I recommend studying employment law / consulting with an employment lawyer early on in your tenure at Meta, so you know what to look for. Because it is a massive tech company, you are there to please your manager and make them look good, so you need to do pretty much whatever they say. there’s a lot of internal conflict because it’s very authoritarian, also fairly draconian, and it’s bottoms up at the same time, every man for themselves. Do everything your manager says and it is somehow still all up to you as an individual employee to make the company successful. To top it all off, your colleagues suck too. People brag about work that YOU did as being THEIR work that THEY did if it is successful. If a project involving multiple people is so much as an hour late, then YOU are blamed, even if you had nothing to do with the lateness. The lateness itself isn’t really the problem because guess what? It’s not anything is broken. Except for when things do break and the whole app crashes for a day because everyone is forced to focus on office politics instead of their actual work. it’s not really about the value you create, so much as it is the PERCEIVED value you create and whether or not your manager likes you. Ergo, a lot of bootlicking charlatans make it to the top.
Thinking of applying to Facebook for a backend position in 2021. Wondering what y'all use for backend? TC: 170K
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...Read more
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
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.
Hello, I'm in bootcamp and I'm looking to choose between Web or Backend focus area Does anyone have any sights into either of these two? TC: 375k #facebook #fb
Would your TC vary depending on if you went through the Full Stack Interview rounds vs Backend Interview rounds? TC: $86k YOE: ~2.5 #interview #meta
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...Read more
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 )
I’m a backend engineer at FB for 3 years, and recently got offer from DoorDash to do similar backend stuff. My current tc is ~310k e4. The new offer has tc ~400k e5. From level and tc, it makes sense to join dd. But from job stability aspect (layoff, wlb, etc), it seems FB is larger company and coul...Read more
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?
Joining soon but I heard most teams use C++? I’ve never written a line of C++ in my life.
I have recently cleared the interviews for the backend E4 role at Meta. I need suggestions from someone at Meta regarding the teams I should consider. Appreciate your help. Few of my options are mobile ads and catalogs. TC - 59 LPA
Been stuck in team matching phase at meta for the past 2 weeks and not getting any hits. Any NYC based team have headcount? Please DM or comment, thanks!
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
Wanted to understand the key points to consider while choosing between these two. Which path is most exciting with good challenging work and $$$$. Any caveats? I chose Fullstack when asked about it during sourcer call but could change as well. I am comfortable with both + system design on stonger s...Read more
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...Read more
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
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.
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?
My onsite interview with Facebook London is scheduled for the backend engineer role. Can anyone let me know about the rounds in Facebook onsite interview? What were the questions asked in the interview? What is the difficulty level of each round? @Facebook @London @Backend