Production Engineer - Menlo Park, CA
   Production Engineers at Facebook are hybrid software/systems engineers who
   ensure that Facebook's services run smoothly and have the capacity for
   future growth. They are embedded in every one of Facebook's product and
   infrastructure teams, and are core participants in every significant
   engineering effort underway in the company. Our team is comprised of
   varying levels of experience and backgrounds, from new grads to industry
   veterans. Relevant industry experience is important, but ultimately less
   so than your demonstrated abilities and attitude. We sail into uncharted
   waters every day at Facebook in Production Engineering, and we are always
   learning. This position is full-time and located in our Menlo Park office.
   Responsibilities

     * Own back-end services like our Hadoop data warehouses, front-end
       services like Chat and Newsfeed, infrastructure components like our
       Memcache infrastructure, and everything in between
     * Write and review code, develop documentation and capacity plans, and
       debug the hardest problems, live, on some of the largest and most
       complex systems in the world
     * Together with your engineering team, you will share an on-call
       rotation, backed by our 24x7 Site Reliability Operations team
     * Partnered alongside the best engineers in the industry on the coolest
       stuff around, the code and systems you work on will be in production
       and used by millions of users all around the world

   Requirements

     * BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical
       discipline or equivalent experience
     * Extremely sound knowledge of UNIX and TCP/IP network fundamentals
     * Ability to code really well in at least one language (even if it is
       not one that Facebook uses)
     * Ability to rapidly learn new development languages (PHP, Python, C++,
       and Java are all in heavy use)
     * Ability to pick up new software, frameworks and APIs quickly
     * Sharp and tenacious troubleshooting skills: you can fix anything
     * Ability to perform 'guerrilla capacity planning' for internet service
       architectures
     * Good knowledge of basic large-scale internet service architectures
       (such as load balancing, LAMP, CDN's), even if you haven't worked on
       one
     * Configuration and maintenance of common applications such as Apache,
       memcached, Squid, MySQL, NFS, DHCP, NTP, SSH, DNS, and SNMP
     * A healthy respect for our motto 'Move Fast and Break Things,' but
       always make sure you know how to fix them too
     * Good verbal and written communications skills
     * Detail oriented and careful