Software Engineer for Meta

Meta's Staff Software Engineer (E6) interview process is a comprehensive, multi-stage evaluation designed to assess mastery of low-level systems programming, architectural leadership across hardware and software boundaries, distributed systems thinking, and strategic technical influence. The process spans 4-8 weeks and includes a recruiter screening, technical phone screen with coding challenges, a leadership assessment interview unique to Staff level, and a full-day onsite loop consisting of one standard coding round, one AI-assisted coding round, one architecture/design round, one additional system design round, and a behavioral assessment. For Staff-level candidates in systems/hardware roles, Meta evaluates not only deep technical expertise in systems programming (C++, OS internals, hardware constraints) but also your ability to lead technical vision across multiple teams, mentor senior engineers, make architectural decisions that balance performance with maintainability, and drive strategic initiatives in emerging areas like wearables and edge computing.