I'm currently in talk with a Meta recruiter for L4 SWE position, the recruiter asked my preference among Product / Infrastructure teams. What would be the main things to watch out and should consider before choosing one over the other? Is there a difference in pay bands as well for both?
I believe at Meta, the pay bands for product/infra are still the same. At some companies (e.g. LinkedIn), engineers in the infra org get paid ~10% higher. The reason for this is the adage of "smart server, dumb client": the more sophisticated business logic + complexity is handled on the backend, so therefore there's an assumption that engineers on the backend/infra are solving harder problems.
In terms of where to indicate your preference, choose the one where you'll be a stronger fit. Prefer the team/org that is most obvious based on your past experience.
ps. sorry for the late reply! I didn't see your question until now because we had a bug that hid certain questions from employee accounts :/
No worries, thanks for the explanation
Here's a good related thread: "Meta product vs Infra role for E5"