Meta Platforms, Inc. is looking to solve computer software and computer hardware problems, improve the efficiency and performance of its platforms, and develop new technologies to help build the next evolution in social technology.
Requirements
- Algorithms, data structures, or systems software
- Solving analytical problems using quantitative approaches
- Gathering, manipulating, or analyzing complex, high-volume, high-dimensionality data from varying sources
- Research in topics closely related to machine learning, NLP, recommendation systems, pattern recognition, signal processing, data mining, artificial intelligence, information retrieval, or computer vision
- Performing research that enables learning the semantics of data (images, video, text, audio, or other modalities) and advances the technology of intelligent machines
- Devising better data-driven models of human behavior
- Adapting standard machine learning methods to best enterprise modern parallel environments: distributed clusters, multicore SMP, or GPU
Responsibilities
- Perform research and develop solutions to computer software and computer hardware problems.
- Research, design, and develop new optimization algorithms and techniques to improve the efficiency and performance of Meta’s platforms.
- Design and implement large-scale distributed software systems to serve large numbers of complex requests simultaneously and without failure.
- Utilize technical research background, train new ranking models, and run experiments.
- Create tools for migrating large bodies of user data across systems for new products, scalability efforts, and development of new core infrastructure.
- Suggest, collect, and synthesize system requirements from stakeholders and create effective feature roadmaps.
- Analyze and resolve computer challenges from a system engineering standpoint.
Other
- Requires a PhD degree (or foreign degree equivalent) in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Analytics, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Applied Sciences, or a related field
- OR completion of all coursework towards a PhD degree in in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Analytics, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Applied Sciences, or a related field
- Communicating complex research in a clear, precise, and actionable manner
- Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location
- Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer
