They are only hiring SwEs that are L7 (maybe L6) and above.
I was being recruited for L6 as a privacy engineer until I took another offer a fortnight ago, fwiw. No freezes there that I’m aware of.
PE is hiring and you could transfer to a SWE position later.
How to go about applying for facebook as a software engineer not based in USA(based in Ghana to be exact)?
Amazon too
I get at least 2-3 Amazon recruiters a week messaging me on LinkedIn. I wish they just provided a checklist where you could check off companies that you would never work for and it would save these recruiters and me so much time and InMail messages.