Research Scientist

About the position

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta), formerly known as Facebook Inc., builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps and services like Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology.

Requirements

• Requires a Ph.D degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Analytics, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Applied Sciences, or a related field.
• Requires completion of a university-level course, research project, internship, or thesis in the following: Algorithms, data structures, or systems software.
• Solving analytical problems using quantitative approaches.
• Gathering, manipulating, or analyzing complex, high-volume, high-dimensionality data from varying sources.
• Communicating complex research in a clear, precise, and actionable manner.
• Research in topics closely related to machine learning, NLP, recommendation systems, pattern recognition, signal processing, data mining, artificial intelligence, information retrieval, or computer vision.
• Performing research that enables learning the semantics of data (images, video, text, audio, or other modalities) and advances the technology of intelligent machines.
• Devising better data-driven models of human behavior.
• Adapting standard machine learning methods to best enterprise modern parallel environments: distributed clusters, multicore SMP, or GPU.
• Developing highly scalable classifiers and tools leveraging machine learning, statistics, regression, rules-based models, or mathematical models.
• Proficiency in Java, C++, Perl, PHP, or Python.