Meta
Research Scientist - Demand Forecasting
$184K–$257K
Menlo Park, CA · Full-time · Posted Sep 5, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years applying operations research / management science to real planning problems.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience; MS in a quantitative field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Own server-capacity demand forecasting and operations-research models that match forecast demand to constrained infrastructure supply for data center and hardware planning.
What you'll do
- Produce trusted, multi-horizon server and MW demand forecasts and consolidate demand signals into a long-term plan.
- Build models to match demand with hardware, cooling, lead-time, power, and other supply constraints.
- Partner with data center, hardware, capacity, supply chain, and finance teams to align infrastructure plans with demand.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 6+ years applying operations research or management science to real planning problems.
- Deep operations-research expertise, including mathematical optimization, simulation, queuing theory, and probabilistic/statistical forecasting.
- Experience building production-grade and prototype models, matching demand to constrained supply, and using optimization solvers with SQL and Python.
Nice to have
- Publications, patents, or recognized technical leadership in operations research, optimization, or forecasting.
- PhD in a related quantitative field; hyperscale server/compute or data center planning experience; or statistical/ML forecasting depth.
Pay
$184,000/year to $257,000/year USD base salary
Tools
Gurobi, CPLEX, Xpress, OR-Tools, SQL, Python
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