Manager, Software Engineering, FBOSS (Facebook Open Switching System)

FBOSS (Facebook Open Switching System), is the home-grown software suite that powers Meta's datacenter network switches. FBOSS provides us the agility to move fast to meet our ever growing network demands as well maintain full control of our network's reliable operations. In addition to the organic evolution of our DC networking fabrics, over the past couple of years the team has been rapidly iterating to evolve the backend fabrics used with our AI training workloads. The team actively collaborates with HW Engineering, Network Engineering, Production Engineering teams within Meta, with switch platform and NPU vendors, as well as with the broader OCP community to foster development of standardized hardware designs and software interfaces.Manager, Software Engineering, FBOSS (Facebook Open Switching System) Responsibilities

• Develop the vision and strategy to help set direction for the team, while staying on top of the day-to-day software development. Hold your own in technical discussions, be a subject matter expert, and have strategic influence.
• Help define and drive regular development of a 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.
• Champion engineering and operational excellence, establishing metrics and process for regular assessment and improvement.
• Help engineers develop their careers, assigning them to projects tailored to their skill levels, long-term skill development, personalities, and work styles.
• Set clear expectations and create a work environment based on accountability, in collaboration with the engineering and management teams.
• Interact with external partners in resolving dependencies associated with objectives.
• Communicate and collaborate effectively with cross-functional hardware, software, and network engineering teams.
• Work closely with dedicated recruiting staff to expand the team, including sourcing candidates, interviewing candidates, participating in conferences/events, and on-boarding new employees.

Minimum Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years experience managing a networking-related software engineering team in a fast-paced environment.
• 2+ years of experience managing technical managers.
• Demonstrated experience recruiting and managing technical teams, including performance management and managing engineers directly as well as through other managers.
• Working knowledge of control-plane and dataplane aspects of network switches.

Preferred Qualifications

• In-depth experience with forwarding, congestion-control, and telemetry aspects of network switches.
• Experience with merchant silicon NPUs and their SDKs.
• Experience working with open source networking projects.

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$213,000/year to $293,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

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