Is Meta a good company to work for as a Data Engineering?

Data Engineering professionals working at Meta have rated their employer with 3.2 out of 5 stars in 289 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Meta employees being 3.4 out of 5 stars. Search open Data Engineering Jobs at Meta now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Data Engineering interview questions at Meta .

Does Meta pay Data Engineering employees well?

Data Engineering professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Meta with 4.4 out of 5 stars based on 289 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.2% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Data Engineering salaries at Meta.

How happy are Data Engineering professionals working at Meta?

42% of Data Engineering employees at Meta would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 46% in the past 12 months. Data Engineering professionals have also rated Meta with a 2.3 rating for work-life-balance, 3.7 rating for diversity and inclusion, 2.6 rating for culture and values and 3.8 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Meta?

Software Engineer (3602) , Data Scientist (528) , Senior Software Engineer (488) , Product Manager (392) , Software Engineer(Internship) (354) , Program Manager (351) , Technical Sourcer (346) , Data Engineer (330) , Project Manager (262) , Account Manager (240) , Recruiter (236) , Software Engineer Intern (229) , Production Engineer (222) , Research Scientist (219) , Technical Recruiter (215)

What are the pros of working at Meta according to real employee reviews?

"The company has great benefits and really makes sure you and your family have everything you need." ((in 2373 reviews)); "Great people: my team in particular were some the smartest and most engaging people I've worked with." ((in 2038 reviews)); "I think that some of the pros are the that it has a good pay and is in a nice place like california" ((in 1538 reviews)); "1) Work with the best 2) Always get challenged but in a positive way 3) Caring environment 4) good salary" ((in 711 reviews)); "free food and transport are great" ((in 645 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Meta according to real employee reviews?

"Well know is the bad work life balance with MPK (USA) still holding the string late hours are common and needed to get on." ((in 1037 reviews)); "PSC (Performance Summary Cycle) is pretty intense and there are frequent layoffs which mostly has nothing to do with your performance" ((in 819 reviews)); "1. Can be super stressful 2. Bad manager can ruin your life 3. Efforts are not praised or counted 4. Code output doesn't matter" ((in 394 reviews)); "Politics and poor leadership in the mid" ((in 364 reviews)); "many employers are very invested in their work and spend long hours; as a result it can be easy to let work/life balance slip" ((in 228 reviews))

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Meta Data Engineering reviews

3.2

42% would recommend to a friend

(289 total reviews)

Mark Zuckerberg

19% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.4

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Career opportunities

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

2.6

Culture & values

2.3

Work/Life balance

2.3

Senior management

Data Engineering employees have rated Meta with 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 289 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Data Engineering professionals have a good working experience there. Meta is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Data Engineering professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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289 reviews

3.0

Aug 4, 2025

All as you expected

Data engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

High Compensation and Benefits, Career Growth and Learning

Cons

bad work life balance , pip

3.0

Jul 25, 2025

good salary bad morale

Data engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

high salary good healthcare package and other benefits

Cons

a lot of uncertainty at work not fullfilling

5.0

Jul 16, 2025

Company that cares about autonomy and is fast paced

Data engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Through my tenure met great people who were smart and its awesome to work with talented people from different fields; Also I enjoyed the autonomy and bottoms up approach; it was super fast paced when it came to shipping things

Cons

The culture of bottoms up may be changing

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