Facebook Will Open An Engineering Office In New York

If Facebook can make it there, it'll make it anywhere: The social network announced Friday that it will open an engineering office in New York early next year.

If Facebook can make it there, it’ll make it anywhere: The social network announced Friday that it will open an engineering office in New York early next year.

The new office will mark Facebook’s first engineering presence away from the west coast, and the company is already accepting applications.

Engineering manager Serkan Piantino will head the New York office. He managed the engineering team that created the social network’s news feed and upcoming timeline profile, and he is currently managing the teams behind Facebook messages and chat.

Jay Parikh, who oversees Facebook’s infrastructure team, will serve as the executive sponsor for the new office.

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