Good Perks, Limited Growth
Good Perks, Limited Growth
- Pays well.
- Perks (especially food for on-site).
Don’t expect to work on cutting-edge data engineering problems. The role largely focuses on analytics and ETL tasks due to Meta’s highly developed infrastructure. Data Engineers are often seen more as support staff for analytics than core engineers.
Following the layoffs, Data Engineers are required to support multiple cross-functional teams at once. With no clearly defined niche, concerns about workload and bandwidth are frequently ignored.
Team placement matters. Be cautious when choosing a manager—those with limited experience may struggle with the demands of the role, leading to disorganization while maintaining a façade of effectiveness.
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Senior Data Engineer
Technical coding assessment consisting of 10 questions within 60 minutes (5 SQL and 5 Python). Systems design question. Behavioral interview. Data modeling question focusing on star schema and complex product questions.
Senior Data Engineer
It was very stressful. Some interviewers were nice, while some were like robots. Everything about the process makes you feel like you're in a chase, and it was not a pleasant experience. If working for the company is like that, that's a bad place to
Senior Data Engineer
The interview was on CoderPad and included SQL and Python programming questions, with three questions for each language. The entire interview lasted 30 minutes. CoderPad helps with writing, compiling, and executing code for SQL and Python.
Senior Data Engineer
New York, New York, United StatesMay 1, 2024Technical coding assessment consisting of 10 questions within 60 minutes (5 SQL and 5 Python). Systems design question. Behavioral interview. Data modeling question focusing on star schema and complex product questions.
Senior Data Engineer
Mountain View, California, United StatesFebruary 3, 2026It was very stressful. Some interviewers were nice, while some were like robots. Everything about the process makes you feel like you're in a chase, and it was not a pleasant experience. If working for the company is like that, that's a bad place to
Senior Data Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesMarch 1, 2020The interview was on CoderPad and included SQL and Python programming questions, with three questions for each language. The entire interview lasted 30 minutes. CoderPad helps with writing, compiling, and executing code for SQL and Python.
