Desired Skills and Experience

  • Be a highly technical manager with deep experience in networking, systems, and software Hold your own in technical discussions, be a subject matter expert, and have strategic influence Help define and drive regular development of an aggressive technical roadmap to meet the needs of the team, and partner teams Operate in a rapidly evolving environment, adapting quickly to new information and re-prioritizing as needed Manage engineers working to build, scale, deploy and support network systems for our global network infrastructure Partner closely with Facebook datacenter, backbone, and edge network engineering teams and other software infrastructure teams
  • Hold your own in technical discussions, be a subject matter expert, and have strategic influence
  • Help define and drive regular development of an aggressive technical roadmap to meet the needs of the team, and partner teams
  • Operate in a rapidly evolving environment, adapting quickly to new information and re-prioritizing as needed
  • Manage engineers working to build, scale, deploy and support network systems for our global network infrastructure
  • Partner closely with Facebook datacenter, backbone, and edge network engineering teams and other software infrastructure teams
  • Be an effective people manager Help engineers develop their careers, assigning them to projects tailored to their skill levels, long-term skill development, personalities, and work styles Assess employee performance frequently, address under-performance, and recognize and promote excellent performance Work closely with dedicated recruiting staff to expand the team, including sourcing candidates, interviewing candidates, participating in conferences/events, and onboarding new employees Communicate cross-functionally and drive engineering efforts
  • Help engineers develop their careers, assigning them to projects tailored to their skill levels, long-term skill development, personalities, and work styles
  • Assess employee performance frequently, address under-performance, and recognize and promote excellent performance
  • Work closely with dedicated recruiting staff to expand the team, including sourcing candidates, interviewing candidates, participating in conferences/events, and onboarding new employees
  • Communicate cross-functionally and drive engineering efforts
  • 2+ years experience managing a networking-related software engineering team
  • Knowledge of networking and distributed systems
  • Experience in network-wide analytics/design tools and/or control systems (SDN) for large-scale networks
  • BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline or equivalent experience
  • Demonstrated ability to recruit and manage technical teams, including performance management and managing engineers.
  • Knowledge of networking fundamentals
  • Communications skills and detail-oriented

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