Facebook made a number of notable hires this week including a new communications manager who previously worked at Syncapse, a director of partner engineering, lead commercial counsel and more, according to LinkedIn and listings removed from the company’s careers page.

The company also appears to have picked up a few engineers from Microsoft and filled three ad-related positions in its Austin office.

New hires and promotions according to LinkedIn:

• Gautam Sewani, Software Engineer – former Software Development Engineer at Microsoft
• Minda Nguyen, Procurement to Pay Analyst – Contractor – former Purchasing Specialist/ Planner at Calisolar
• Krishna Vudata, Software Engineer – former Financial Software Developer Intern at Bloomberg
• Meg Sinclair, Communications Manager - former Manager of Corporate Communications at Syncapse
• Srinidhi Kuntimaddi, Software Engineer – former Software Design Engineer at Microsoft
• Chi Zhang, Software Engineer – former intern at Microsoft Research Asia
• Monica Yujia Liu, Strategic Partner Development – title was previously Payment Specialist at Facebook

Prior listings removed from Facebook’s careers page:

• Director of Partner Engineering (Menlo Park)
• Finance Manager, Technology Infrastructure & Supply Chain (Menlo Park)
• Lead Commercial Counsel (Menlo Park)
• Global Mobility Representative – Contract (Menlo Park)
• Associate, Risk Ad Review Operations (Austin)
• Specialist, Ad Policy Enforcement (Austin)
• Account Manager, Global Marketing Solutions (Austin)

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