Meta’s infrastructure head Santosh Janardhan to step down
Janardhan will continue to assist with the leadership transition until the end of the first quarter of 2027
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Published: Nov 12, 2026 11:37 AM | 1 min read
Meta is set to see a change in its infrastructure leadership, with long-time executive Santosh Janardhan preparing to leave the company in the new year.
David Brown, who joined Meta from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in July, will take over the role. Brown previously served as a Senior Vice-President at AWS.
Janardhan, who joined Meta in 2009 and currently serves as its Head of Infrastructure and co-head of engineering, communicated his decision to employees in an internal memo on Wednesday, CNBC reported.
He will continue to assist with the leadership transition until the end of the first quarter of 2027.
Prior to Meta, Santosh led database and storage teams at YouTube, Google and PayPal.
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