Research Engineer, Fundamental AI Research - Alignment and AI & Society

Meta is seeking a Research Engineer to join the Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) team, a research organization committed to advancing the field of artificial intelligence. We are seeking individuals who are passionate in solving engineering challenges in developing new algorithms and software to accelerate our progress towards advanced machine intelligence. Candidates will have an opportunity to make fundamental contributions on understanding and improving the societal and economic impact of AI and apply their ideas at an unprecedented scale. Some aspects of this role require algorithms design and experimentation, implementation and deployment, especially at the interface of frontier models and society.Research Engineer, Fundamental AI Research - Alignment and AI & Society Responsibilities

• Carry out cutting-edge research to advance the field of machine learning and artificial intelligence.
• Contribute research that leads to innovations in: alignment, personalization, societal and economic impact of artificial intelligence
• Devise rigorous engineering and data-driven approaches for efficient training of AI models and algorithms implementation.
• Collaborate with research scientists and cross-functional partners in a team environment.
• Publish research results and contribute to research that impacts Meta product development.
• Open source high quality code and produce reproducible research.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a relevant technical field, or 2+ years of equivalent domain-specific industry experience.
• Experience with Python, C or C++ or other related languages and with the PyTorch framework.
• Development experience in training large-scale AI models and performance evaluation, and familiarity with model architectures such as Large Language Models, Transformers, and Recommender Systems.
• Experience in solving complex problems and comparing alternative solutions, tradeoffs, and different perspectives to determine a path forward.
• Experience working and communicating cross-functionally in a team environment.
• Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment.
• Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Degree must be completed prior to joining Meta

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD in the field of Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, or a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Proven track record of achieving significant results and publications as demonstrated by grants, fellowships, patents, as well as publications at leading workshops, journals or conferences such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, MLSys, or other similar venues.
• Demonstrated research and software engineering experience via work experience, coding competitions, or widely used contributions in open source repositories (e.g. GitHub).

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$56.25/hour to $173,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.

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