Meta
Production Engineering Manager, Rotational Network Engineering (RNE) Program
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This is unique role within Meta's Infrastructure organization. Meta’s Rotational Network Engineering (RNE) Program finds, hires and grow full-time engineers for the Network Infra teams. As an RNE Manager, you will act as an Engineering Manager finding and supporting the best talent across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) — partnering with experienced Backbone, Datacenter, Performance and Automation engineers, engineering managers and organizational leaders. You will support each of our Rotational Network Engineers in EMEA to help them achieve long-term success at Meta. Your primary function will be to lead and support network engineers with zero to four years of experience until they join a permanent team in the Network, while evolving the Program's methodology. Our philosophy is “learning by doing”, therefore you will work with various network engineering teams to discover and scope projects that constitute a fruitful learning experience for Rotational Network Engineers, and provide value to the wider Network Engineering and Infra Security organization. This is a highly cross-functional role. You will shape and lead our recruitment efforts in the region, partnering with the recruitment team to find suitable candidates for the program.
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Responsibilities
Build a plan for each team member with technical leads and mentors from Network Infrastructure, Backbone, and Datacenter Engineering Establish and foster fruitful working relationships with various stakeholders and teams within Network Infra Manage and grow multi-disciplinary recruiting plans across universities and industry Develop and manage work plans from recruiting, to mentor and task selection to team assignment Manage expectations of all interested parties: define clear program roadmap with key deliverables and milestone dates, maintain program information wiki pages, and identify and communicate risks and adjustments to the overall program to meet recruitment demands from Network Engineering teams Understand the network product delivery cycle Work closely with dedicated recruiting staff to expand the team, including sourcing candidates, interviewing candidates, participating in conferences/events, and on-boarding new employees Influence Network Infrastructure teams for their buy in to the program, obtain agreement to provide mentors and projects and to consider rotational engineers as one of their hiring pipelines Enable and unblock engineers through coaching, learning, and mentorship programs Responsible for people management of a team of engineers, providing performance reviews, continual feedback, coaching and career growth for direct reports Build training curriculum for the team Focus on building and growing a productive team of Network Engineers that can be impactful across multiple networking disciplines
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Minimum Qualifications
4+ years of Networking, System Administration, Software Engineering or Product Development experience Familiarity with source control, software development cycles and practices Experience with launching and iterating on product, services, tools or technical frameworks Experience managing an engineering team B.S. in Engineering or equivalent experience Analytical and troubleshooting skills
Preferred Qualifications
Knowledge of behavioural economics desired but not essential 2+ years experience program management or product management Experience with Linux/Unix 4+ years of experience working with networking protocols including TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, MPLS, ISIS, etc
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