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.
How is Facebook infrastructure team ?? Is it a good team to interview for or, focus on a product based team? TC: 150K
How does anyone know the difference between software engineer product and software engineer infrastructure positions? I have observed quite a few postings under these names but I'm unsure about the difference. It would be great if someone could let me know
Hi #meta Is the infrastructure pillar at Meta good for growth? How is the work and WLB in general for this pillar? Thank you! #engineering #software #swe
Been getting calls from recruiters regarding data science at FB infrastructure. Anyone already working there? Looking to hear what others there think. (I would ideally like to join fair or aml but I'm not sure I can be hired for those places)
Hi, I have meta virtual interview scheduled in a couple of weeks. Can someone please shed some light on how system design round would be different for this role? Thanks in advance. Current tc: 500k
I have a virtual onsite for Facebook Infrastructure team london coming up for software engineer position. Any tips/suggestions for the interview or feedback on the role/organization? system design? Do they mostly ask LC qns related to regular FB or more of domain related questions? Also FB gives ...Read more
Just now starting to look for something new. Recruiter contacted me about a DS role in infra at FB. Anyone know TC range? Similar to SWE? How would level map? E4? Or same levels for DS positions ? I have a PhD (computational biology), 3 years post graduation. $200K current TC (150+30+20) in SD....Read more
I saw the requirement looks more backend work than the product engineering. Is it some sort of support work or real backend dev work ?
Hi Recently gone through FB infrastructure team interview and got through it ,what can be the expectations for 11 years Exp ?
is there a separation between SWE and SRE? Do you have any hints on good projects/teams going on? Any golang or rust? Any interesting database, messaging, caching?
Finished an interview with a FB recruiter who is interested in me for one of their “Infrastructure teams”. My first thought was “Oh no not DevOps” because I’m a software engineer. When I asked for clarifications, I received a vague answer mentioning “building and scaling apps” and “quicker deployme...Read more
What kind of system design questions are expected for SWE infrastructure interview at Facebook for E5? Are they based on traditional distributed system design or they focus on some areas based on interviewer’s background?
I accepted a FB E5 offer and I’m wondering which teams are good to join. I’ve done the frontend, mobile and full stack things earlier in my career, but I’ve settled strictly into backend engineering for the past 5-6 years and as such think it’ll be easiest for me to work on some infra! The recruit...Read more
I recently got a reject for the SWE role at Meta. I see multiple postings about SWE Infrastructure. Can I apply to that or is it the same as SWE?#swe #software #engineering
How is the interview process for Infrastructure TPM role different than Product TPM role at Facebook? Is Infrastructure TPM interview harder?
Hi, Can anyone tell me difference between Software Engineer Infrastructure vs product ? My Interview is scheduled at fb london and I mostly worked on backend of Products. When I open my fb career page then I can see Software Engineer - Infrastructure there. Is Software Engineer Infrastructure mean...Read more
Was recently contacted by Meta recruiter for the above mentioned role. I had a few questions regarding the interview process if someone could help me out with. 1)How is the typical interview loop for SWE infrastructure? 2)Are questions generally from Meta Leetcode top 50 based on frequency and nee...Read more
Going to join Facebook seattle as E5 soon. Does anyone know about good infrastructue team in Fb seattle? I want to work on something which i can be proud of for life time. May be some good research paper come out of work ( like cassandra ) or something which really which supports huge data/throughp...Read more
Have any tips and suggestions for the interview of Network Infrastructure role new grad ? Looking for some example interview questions to get an idea
What’s the difference between the two rounds? Also does it matter during team match? What work does a infrastructure swe do vs product swe.