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Meta madeheadlines last monthfor announcing program to cut 5 % of its employee , controversiallydeeming them “ low performers . ” But the job cuts are n’t holding Meta back from expand in certain geographic areas .
Meta is setting up a new site in the nation ’s technical school hub of Bengaluru ( formerly bed as Bangalore ) , multiple Meta employeespostedonLinkedInthis calendar month .
Meta is presently hiring for 41 emplacement there , according to itscareers web page , most of which were posted over the last month . The emplacement are separate betweensoftwareormachine learningengineer jobs , androles focusedon designing chip for Meta ’s data centers .
Meta Bengaluru is looking for an “ experienced Engineering Director to build and contribute our engineering science team in India , ” one of Meta’sjob ad , which waspostedthree weeks ago on LinkedIn , reads .
The technology theater director in Bengaluru will be responsible for for designing a strategy to hire and build found engineering science teams , plus help oneself create “ a vision for engineer team in India , ” the task ad province .
The young center is part of Meta ’s Enterprise Engineering team , allot to a Meta employee ’s LinkedInpost . That teamfocuseson custom internal Meta tools , rather than on Meta ’s best - recognize product like Facebook and Instagram .
While Meta has several existing offices in India , including Bengaluru , Hyderabad , Gurgaon , New Delhi , andMumbai , most have few job opening and they ’re chiefly for non - engineering roles . Only 1of the 12 uncommitted place at the other locations is engineering - related , Meta ’s vocation Thomas Nelson Page evidence .
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A Meta spokesperson in India told TechCrunch that it is recruiting for a “ small number of engineering positions in Bengaluru . ”
“ We on a regular basis update our location strategy to support our long - term investment , ” the spokesperson said .
The 41 position in Bangalore are a modest proportionality of Meta ’s globaljob postings , which currently tally over 1,700 . But it represent a shift for Meta , which has not traditionally used India as an technology hub — those positions have historically been based in North America and Europe .
In one good example from 2022 , an Amerind software engineermade headlinesafter he was lay off by Meta just two days after relocating to Canada for the job .
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberghas saidthat Meta intends to backfill the jobs it issue during its most late round of layoff .
