Meta
Software Engineer, Systems (Games and Interactive Experiences)
$184K–$257K
New York, NY · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years building and shipping games, applications, or interactive experiences to production.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads systems engineering for games and interactive experiences, shipping optimized real-time software and building evaluation tools to improve AI-generated experiences.
What you'll do
- Set technical strategy and roadmaps; lead complex technical initiatives and mentor engineers.
- Build, optimize, and ship interactive experiences for performance across devices, platforms, and network conditions.
- Create benchmarks and tooling to evaluate model-generated experiences and own systems through production.
What they ask for
- 8+ years building and shipping games, applications, or interactive experiences to production.
- Experience optimizing interactive applications for performance and reliability, and leading technical strategy and roadmaps.
- Systems-layer experience in interactive software and programming experience in C++, C#, Kotlin/Java, Swift, or shader languages.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
Nice to have
- Experience porting across platforms, form factors, or input devices; game engine technology such as Unity or Unreal; or real-time graphics and shader pipelines.
- Experience with multiplayer, spatial or XR experiences, performance profiling tools, or generative AI application development.
Pay
$183,997/year to $257,000/year (base salary)
Tools
C++, C#, Kotlin/Java, Swift, Unity, Unreal, RenderDoc, Perfetto
AI focus
Shape evaluation and training data for AI models that generate production-ready software; build frameworks and benchmarks for model-generated experiences; apply responsible AI practices and integrate AI tools into workflows.
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