Software Engineer, Databases (Technical Leadership)

Company: Meta
Location: Bellevue, WA
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Posted: Aug 20, 2026
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Meta, a global technology company, is hiring a Software Engineer for its Databases team in Bellevue, WA. This senior technical leadership role focuses on architecting and evolving MySQL infrastructure, including custom storage (MyRocks) and replication (MyRAFT) layers, to support billions of daily interactions and AI-driven needs. Requires deep expertise in database internals, multi-year technical strategy, and cross-functional leadership.

Meta is seeking a distinguished Software Engineer specializing in database internals to drive the technical direction of our MySQL infrastructure that powers Meta's family of products and platforms. In this role, you will architect and evolve critical database systems within our MySQL team — including our custom storage layer (MyRocks) and replication layer (MyRAFT) — that underpin billions of user interactions daily. You will identify and solve the hardest database-level challenges across the organization, define multi-year technical strategy to adapt our relational database systems to support Meta's AI needs, and serve as a force multiplier for engineering teams through deep database expertise, AI-native workflows, and cross-functional leadership.

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Name: Meta
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