Meta
AI Research Scientist - FAIR, MSL
$122K–$181K
Menlo Park, CA · Full-time · Posted Oct 22, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years conducting machine learning research.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience; degree must be completed prior to joining Meta.
About the job
Conduct original machine learning research, develop and evaluate models at scale, and translate research findings into production systems and publications.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, and evaluate machine learning algorithms and model architectures using large-scale training infrastructure.
- Run experiments, analyze model behavior and performance, and collaborate to translate research into production systems.
- Prepare research papers and maintain high standards for research code, reproducibility, and documentation.
What they ask for
- 2+ years of experience conducting machine learning research, including developing and evaluating novel models or algorithms.
- Experience implementing machine learning systems in Python and at least one deep learning framework such as PyTorch.
- Experience designing and running experiments, including statistical analysis of results.
- Currently has or is obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience; degree must be completed before joining.
Nice to have
- Experience training or fine-tuning large-scale models on distributed compute infrastructure.
- Publication record at peer-reviewed machine learning venues such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, or CVPR.
Pay
$122,000/year to $181,000/year (base salary)
Tools
Python, PyTorch
AI focus
Research in deep learning, representation learning, generative modeling, optimization, and large-scale model training; develop and evaluate ML models and translate research into production AI systems.
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