Data Engineer
Meta
Software Engineering, Data Science
Burlingame, CA, USA
USD 138,260-154,660 / year + Equity
Posted on Jul 10, 2025
Data Engineer
Burlingame, CA • Full Time
Meta
Data & Analytics
Data Engineering
Engineering
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta), formerly known as Facebook Inc., builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps and services like Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. To apply, click “Apply to Job” online on this web page.
Data Engineer Responsibilities
- Architect, implement and deploy new data models and data processes in production.
- Perform data analysis to generate business insights.
- Interface with Engineers, Product Managers and Product Analysts to understand product goals and data needs.
- Build data expertise and own data quality for allocated areas of ownership.
- Manage data warehouse plans for a product or a group of products.
- Support critical data processes running in production.
- Solve challenging data integration problems utilizing optimal ETL patterns, frameworks, query techniques, and sourcing from structured and unstructured data sources.
- Optimize pipelines, dashboards, frameworks, and systems to facilitate easier development of data artifacts.
Minimum Qualifications
- Requires a Master's degree (or foreign degree equivalent) in Computer Science, Mathematics, Information Systems Management or a related field and, completion of one coursework, research project or internship.
- Experience must include completion of one coursework, research project, or internship involving the following:
- 1. Programming knowledge in Python
- 2. Knowledge of SQL, and MapReduce/MPP systems
- 3. Knowledge of database systems and technologies: Presto, Spark, HDFS, Airflow
- 4. Custom ETL design, implementation, maintenance
- 5. Schema design and dimensional data modelling
- 6. Data design for products/features, adaptation, and use-case scenarios within and across a big data ecosystem
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About Meta
Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.
$138,260/year to $154,660/year + bonus + equity + benefits
Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.
Equal Employment Opportunity
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