Meta
Applied Research Scientist
$154K–$217K
Bellevue, WA +5 · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Location
- Bellevue, WA
Redmond, WA
Menlo Park, CA
Seattle, WA
Burlingame, CA
New York, NY - Experience
- 3+ years leading major research initiatives or influencing technical strategy across teams.
- Education
- PhD in Computer Science, AI, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience; bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads applied research to improve AI agents’ reasoning and problem-solving through training data, reinforcement-learning environments, benchmarks, and evaluation methods.
What you'll do
- Identify capability gaps, formulate research questions, and lead research from hypothesis through implementation and measured results.
- Develop reproducible research methods, benchmarks, experimental environments, and data pipelines for model training and evaluation.
- Analyze agent behavior and design feedback to reward useful progress and test generalization.
What they ask for
- PhD in Computer Science, AI, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 3+ Years Experience leading major research initiatives or influencing technical strategy across teams.
- Demonstrated ability to build reliable technical systems and evaluate their results.
- Strong track record of first-author publication on AI-related topics and experience presenting the work.
Pay
$154,003/year to $217,000/year (USD, base salary)
AI focus
Applied AI research to improve agent reasoning and problem-solving, including training data, reinforcement-learning environments, evaluation, benchmarks, feedback, and generalization.
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