Meta
Research Scientist - Demand Forecasting
$154K–$217K
Menlo Park, CA · Full-time · Posted Sep 5, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience; MS in a quantitative field or equivalent experience.
About the job
Own server and power demand forecasting and build operations-research models that match forecast demand to constrained data center and hardware supply.
What you'll do
- Produce near- and long-term server/MW demand forecasts and trusted planning releases.
- Build optimization, forecasting, and prototype models to match demand with hardware, power, cooling, and capacity constraints.
- Partner with engineering, supply chain, data center planning, hardware strategy, and finance teams on infrastructure plans.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience; MS in a quantitative field or equivalent experience.
- 6+ years applying operations research or management science to real planning problems.
- Experience building both production-grade models/systems and lightweight or prototype models; experience with demand-to-supply matching.
- Fluency with optimization solvers and SQL + Python; direct hyperscale server/compute or data center capacity planning experience.
Nice to have
- PhD in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Management Science, or a related quantitative field.
- Experience with planning platforms; statistical/ML forecasting depth; publications, patents, or recognized technical leadership.
Pay
$154,000/year to $217,000/year (base salary)
Tools
Gurobi, CPLEX, Xpress, OR-Tools, SQL, Python, Kinaxis, SAP IBP
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