**Summary:**

At Meta, we're developing innovative products that enable people to connect with loved ones and push the boundaries of computing platforms. As a Video Software Engineer, you'll have the opportunity to work on a wide range of products, including Messenger, Video, Groups, News Feed, Search, AR/VR, and GenAI, building cutting-edge video solutions that drive billions of interactions per day. You'll help create new features, improve existing products, and develop immersive video experiences that bring people closer together. By joining our team, you'll be part of creating products used by billions of people worldwide, solving complex technical problems, and shaping the future of online connection and community.

**Required Skills:**

Software Engineer, Video AI/ML Specialist Responsibilities:

1. Research, develop, and troubleshoot real time communication systems, related to video and audio codecs, cameras, displays, and microphones

2. Work closely with cross-functional teams to understand features, operation, and specify enhancements

3. Optimize and improve video codec efficiency, encode rate control, processing speed, video pre/post-processing, and error resilience

4. Debugging and diagnosing quality of end-to-end video experience on lossy networks in real-time communication scenarios

5. Define the video optimization roadmap for both low-end and high-end networks and devices

6. Lead the definition and implementation of media processing pipeline

7. Continuously improve the efficiency of the automated test tooling by leveraging the internal automated test infrastructure

**Minimum Qualifications:**

Minimum Qualifications:

8. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience

9. 7+ years software development experience in industry settings or PhD with 4+ years of experience

10. 3+ years relevant video software engineering experience in industry settings

11. Experience in C/C++ multithreaded programming

12. Experience leading large or complex projects, defined goals and delivered milestones by leading teams

**Preferred Qualifications:**

Preferred Qualifications:

13. Full end-to-end neural-compression techniques at scale, for FoA verticals (Calling, VOD etc.)

14. Expertise in neural video/image compression, AI research

15. Designing AI/ML-based compression algorithms to reduce the platform's compute footprint, while improving end-user experience

16. Using ML-based quality metrics and metadata for large-scale quality evaluation

17. Benchmarking of traditional and novel audio/video processing use cases

18. Knowledge of multimedia stack, including containers, codecs, and AV synchronization

19. Leveraging AI-based enhancement tools that complement standard video-codecs (AV1)

20. Experience with computer vision, video/image codecs, or video/image processing

21. Experience with state-of-the-art video codecs e.g. H.264/AVC, HEVC, AV1, AV2

22. Industry experience in Video-on-Demand, RTC, or videos at scale

23. Experience designing power-efficient software for mobile or embedded systems

24. Intelligent algorithms to improve video quality for calling and video conferencing

25. Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)

26. Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)

27. Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies

**Public Compensation:**

$183,997/year to $257,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

**Industry:** Internet

**Equal Opportunity:**

Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.

Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations-ext@meta.com.