Meta to Expand in India with a New Office in Bengaluru; to Hire for AI Roles
The company is also looking to expand its AI infrastructure with additional hardware engineers.
Meta is hiring an Engineering Director in Bengaluru to lead the company’s engineering operations in India, according to job listings on its website, TechCrunch reported last week.
The new Engineering Director will be responsible for making key technical decisions, driving prioritization and execution, and managing a team of talented engineers and engineering managers, as outlined in the job description.
With 41 job openings in Bengaluru—more than any other city in India—Meta’s hiring focus is on roles such as application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) engineers. The company is also looking to expand its AI infrastructure with additional hardware engineers.
Although the exact number of employees Meta has in Bengaluru remains unclear, sources familiar with the company’s operations confirmed a significant presence, including multiple teams.
Meta, which owns Facebook and WhatsApp, has a range of offices across India, including locations in Gurugram, Mumbai, New Delhi, and Hyderabad.
India remains a key market for Meta, alongside the United States, driven by a large user base. Additionally, India has become the largest market for Meta’s AI tools, as shared by CEO Mark Zuckerberg during a recent earnings call.
Meta is also investing in high-speed global connectivity, announcing plans to build a 50,000-km subsea cable network linking the United States, India, Brazil, South Africa, and other key regions. This initiative aims to drive AI innovation by ensuring efficient, high-speed connectivity across oceans.
Interestingly, Meta's expansion plan in India comes on the heels of its announcement last month to reduce its workforce by around 5% through performance-based terminations.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared in an internal memo that the company intends to hire new employees to fill the affected roles.
“I’ve decided to raise the bar on performance management and move out low-performers faster. We typically manage out people who aren’t meeting expectations over the course of a year, but now we’re going to do more extensive performance-based cuts during this cycle," Zuckerberg said in the note. “
