AI Research Scientist, Fundamental Core ML

Meta is seeking a Research Scientist to join our AI Research Team, a research organization focused on making significant progress in AI. Individuals in this role are expected to be recognized experts in identified research areas such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, computational statistics, and applied mathematics, particularly including areas such as deep learning, graphical models, reinforcement learning, computer perception, natural language processing and data representation. The ideal candidate will have a keen interest in producing new science to understand intelligence and technology to make computers more intelligent.AI Research Scientist, Fundamental Core ML Responsibilities

• Lead research to advance the science and technology of intelligent machines
• Lead research that enables learning the semantics of data (images, video, text, audio and other modalities)
• Devise better data-driven models of human behavior
• Work towards long-term ambitious research goals, while identifying intermediate milestones
• Influence progress of relevant research communities by producing publications
• Contribute research that can be applied to Metas product development
• Lead and collaborate on research projects within a globally based team
• Mentor other team members. Arbitrate in cases of technical disagreement among team members. Play a significant role to have a healthy cross-functional collaboration

Minimum Qualifications

• Knowledge in a programming language
• Must obtain work authorization in country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment
• Experience leading a team in solving modeling problems using AI/ML approaches
• Ph.D. and publications in machine learning, AI, computer science, statistics, applied mathematics, data science, or related technical fields
• Experience communicating research for public audiences of peers
• Experience holding a faculty, industry, or government researcher position
• Experience in theoretical and empirical research and for addressing research problems
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in developing and debugging in C/C++, Python, or C#
• First-author publications at peer-reviewed AI conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, CVPR, ICML, ICLR, ICCV, and ACL)
• Experience driving original scholarship in collaboration with a team
• 1+ year(s) of work experience in a university, industry, or government lab(s), in a role with primary emphasis on AI research

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