Meta
Production Network Manager, Backbone Engineering
$219K–$301K
Menlo Park, CA · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 1, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years experience in program management or product management; 4+ years managing MPLS and RSVP-TE based networks. No alternatives stated.
- Education
- BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline or equivalent experience
About the job
Manages engineers who design, build, deploy, scale, and support Meta’s Express Backbone network, while shaping its technical roadmap and coordinating with partner engineering teams.
What you'll do
- Manage and develop a team of engineers, including career development, performance management, recruiting, and onboarding.
- Guide engineering work to design, build, scale, deploy, and support Express Backbone network infrastructure.
- Drive technical roadmap development and coordinate engineering efforts across network and software infrastructure teams.
What they ask for
- Experience managing a networking-related software engineering team and recruiting and managing technical teams.
- Knowledge of networking, distributed systems, networking fundamentals, network management systems for large-scale networks, and network topology and capacity planning.
- Experience in software development and engineering for network control and management.
- 4+ years managing MPLS and RSVP-TE based networks.
Pay
$219,000/year to $301,000/year (base salary)
Tools
MPLS, RSVP-TE
AI focus
Requires responsible and ethical AI practices, ongoing AI skill development (including prompt/context engineering or agent orchestration), and integrating AI tools to optimize or redesign workflows and drive measurable impact.
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