Meta
Research Scientist Intern, Video Recommendations (PhD)
Bellevue, WA +1 · Internship · Posted Oct 22, 2026
- Location
- Bellevue, WA
Menlo Park, CA - Education
- Currently has or is in the process of obtaining a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Speech Recognition, Sentiment Analysis, Computer Vision, or a relevant technical field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment.
About the job
Research and develop machine-learning approaches to improve Facebook video recommendations, connecting product needs with scalable, high-quality systems.
What you'll do
- Conduct research and develop novel NLP and machine-learning algorithms and systems.
- Analyze and improve the efficiency, scalability, and stability of deployed systems.
- Collaborate with research and cross-functional partners, communicate results, and contribute to publications and product development.
What they ask for
- Currently has or is pursuing a Ph.D. in a named or relevant technical field.
- Experience with Python, C++, C, Java, or another related language, and with deep-learning frameworks such as Pytorch or Tensorflow.
- Familiarity with machine learning and common deep-learning architectures.
- Must obtain and maintain work authorization in the country of employment; intends to return to the degree program after the internship.
Nice to have
- Research or project experience in reinforcement learning, LLM pre-training and supervised fine-tuning, sequence modeling, diffusion models, or applications in recommendation systems.
- Demonstrated research achievements, software development experience, and cross-functional communication skills.
Pay
$7,650/month to $12,667/month
Tools
Python, C++, C, Java, Pytorch, Tensorflow
AI focus
Research and build machine-learning systems for video recommendations, including NLP, deep learning, and recommendation applications.
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