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ILA Evo: Meta’s journey to reimagine fiber optic in-line amplifier sites

Engineering at Meta

An important piece of network infrastructure, ILAs serve to amplify optical signals and are often placed in remote locations between data centers. nowhere near Metas operational data center PUE average of 1.09 (2023 average), but an achievable and significant improvement. Typical supply chain for todays ILAs.

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Unlocking the power of mixed reality devices with MobileConfig

Engineering at Meta

MobileConfig enables developers to centrally manage a mobile app’s configuration parameters in our data centers. With a lack of common patterns for config usage, there are anti-patterns where engineers reinvent the wheel or build ad hoc ways of fetching configuration that are very specific for each app.

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Upsides to unshipping: The art of removing features and products

Mixpanel

Prior to this position, Neil was VP of Engineering, after working as a Software Engineer and leading Infrastructure Engineering. Benefits and carrying costs are hard to see, since the ‘cost’ goes well beyond number of engineering weeks. Before Mixpanel, Neil was the co-founder of Atomic Contacts.