Despite recent layoffs, Meta is expanding in India

Meta made headlines last month for announcing plans to cut 5% of its employees, controversially deeming them “low performers.” But the job cuts aren’t holding Meta back from expanding in certain geographic areas. Meta is setting up a new site in the country’s tech hub of Bengaluru (formerly known as Bangalore), multiple Meta employees posted on LinkedIn this month. Meta is currently hiring for 41 positions there, according to its careers webpage, most of which were posted over the last month. The positions are split between software or machine learning engineer jobs, and roles focused on designing chips for Meta’s data centers. Meta Bengaluru is looking for an “experienced Engineering Director to build and lead our engineering team in India,” one of Meta’s job ads, which was posted three weeks ago on LinkedIn, reads. The engineering director in Bengaluru will be responsible for designing a strategy to hire and build founding engineering teams, plus help create “a vision for enginee ... Read full article.