Meta
Data Engineer, Analytics (Technical Leadership)
$253K–$314K
Menlo Park, CA +2 · Full-time · Posted Sep 28, 2026
- Location
- Menlo Park, CA
New York, NY
San Francisco, CA - Experience
- 12+ years in each of the stated data warehouse, custom ETL, object-oriented programming, schema design and dimensional data modeling, and SQL areas.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads data architecture and analytics for large-scale Instagram projects, building data models and pipelines and partnering across teams to improve products and decision-making.
What you'll do
- Drive the vision and execution plan for data foundations and analytics across Instagram components.
- Own data architecture, integrations, pipelines, models, visualizations, and production processes; manage SLAs, privacy safeguards, data quality, and governance.
- Partner with cross-functional teams, influence product decisions with data, and mentor team members.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 12+ years of experience in the data warehouse space, custom ETL design, implementation and maintenance, object-oriented programming, schema design and dimensional data modeling, and authoring SQL statements.
- Knowledge and practical application of Python; experience analyzing data, managing and communicating data warehouse plans, and influencing product decisions with data.
- Experience working with either a MapReduce or an MPP system.
Nice to have
- Experience implementing responsible, ethical AI practices and integrating AI tools to improve workflows and measurable outcomes.
- Ongoing AI skill development and experience independently driving projects across distributed or global teams.
Pay
$253,000/year to $314,000/year (base salary)
Tools
Python, SQL, MapReduce, MPP
AI focus
Apply responsible, ethical AI practices and integrate AI tools to optimize or redesign workflows; continue developing AI skills, including prompt/context engineering and agent orchestration.
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