Just received E4 offer for System generalist (Recruiter mentioned this name). And the job title says Software Engineer, Infrastructure. Can someone tell me more about this role? Would it be more of building backend systems? Is it specific for building Infrastructure(Does it mean we build tools and platform for use within FB?) I ask this question now as I interviewed for different role. Current TC: 174K
How different is Software Engineer, Infra from Production Engineering?
Very. PE are SRE, deal with making sure stuff is running and has monitoring etc. SWE Infra builds infra software. Think docker, kubernetes, databases, etc (fb has its own internal software for this) Pay is the same.
It says the same for me..how did your interview go?...i am still waiting for the feedback though
Can you please dm?
Make sure it’s not an SRE/devops role.
What was your offer like? I too am in the process.
Can you please dm? I have not received full details yet but can let you know later
It doesn't matter, just depends on the loop you went through. You can join any team that needs a swe, unless they're looking for specialist skills (eg someone with a lot of ML experience) But to actually answer your question, infra includes stuff like databases (mysql, migration infra, deletion infra), logging (gets hard at trillions of lines a day), integrity teams etc Product might be building some internal tools, looking after messenger, adding new ad formats, adding stories etc Obviously there are some teams in the middle area, and it's hard to define some jobs
So I cannot get any teams with Product is it? It’s only about Infra?
No - I was just explaining what the difference is. It doesn't matter what you were hired as. You can join any team. I think was hired as product generalist, but I've only worked on infra. It's just to let managers know what you might potentially be better at. I've not spoken to any manager that actually cares about that title though - you just might have a few more follow up questions when picking a team, eg is kernel development the right team for you if you've never used C before? As an E4 though, these things matter less.
E4 offer? I keep hearing that FB paused hiring for less than E5 roles.
You’ll likely be able to join most infra or product teams at E4
When it comes to WLB, which is better infra or product ?
DID U JOIN?.
You'll join bootcamp and be able to essentially choose your team if you can prove you can do the work and they like you. If you were hired for a specific team you would already know. The vast majority join bootcamp and try out different teams.