Meta Boosts Engineering Presence in India with Bengaluru Office and AI Hires
Tech giant Meta is reportedly expanding its presence in India with a new office in Bengaluru and is looking to hire engineers and product specialists for artificial intelligence (AI).
With this move, Meta follows in the footsteps of major tech giants like Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, which have already established strong engineering and product teams in Bengaluru and across India.
According to a job listing on Meta's website, the company is hiring an engineering director who will be responsible for building a strong technical team in Bengaluru. This role will play a key part in shaping Meta's long-term engineering presence in India.
As per posts by Meta employees on LinkedIn, the Bengaluru centre will be established by the company's enterprise engineering team. It will lead internal tools to enhance productivity within Meta.
The company is also recruiting hardware engineers to support its growing AI infrastructure, including data centre operations and custom chip development.
Meta, which entered the Indian market in 2010, already has offices in cities like Gurugram, New Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, and Bengaluru.
However, most of its workforce in the country has been engaged in functions like sales, marketing, business development, operations, policy, legal, and finance.
A Meta spokesperson has stated that the company is planning to hire a "small number of engineering professionals" in Bengaluru.
India is Meta's largest user base, with more than a billion people using its products, including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
Earlier this week, Google opened a massive campus in Bengaluru called 'Ananta,' which hosts teams from multiple divisions such as Google DeepMind, Android, Search, Pay, Cloud, Maps, and Play.