Research Engineer - Conversational AI - Reality Labs

Job Description

About the Role

Reality Labs is seeking a Research Engineer to join our Large Language Model (LLM) Research team for the device driven AI Assistant effort. We conduct focused research and engineering to build state-of-the-art LLMs to fit on-device and on-server use cases. We collaborate closely with Meta GenAI and FAIR orgs to produce SOTA research and results.

Key Responsibilities

Design methods, tools, and infrastructure to push forward the state of the art in large language models
Define research goals informed by practical engineering concerns
Contribute to experiments, including designing experimental details, writing reusable code, running evaluations, and organizing results
Adapt standard machine learning methods to best exploit modern parallel environments (e.g., distributed clusters, multicore SMP, and GPU)
Work with a large and globally distributed team
Contribute to publications and open-sourcing efforts

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
Research experience in machine learning, deep learning, and/or natural language processing
Experience with developing machine learning models at scale from inception to business impact
Programming experience in Python and hands-on experience with frameworks such as PyTorch

Nice to Have

A PhD in AI, computer science, data science, or related technical fields
Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
First author publications at peer-reviewed AI conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, CVPR, ICML, ICLR, ICCV, and ACL)
Direct experience in generative AI and LLM research

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field or equivalent practical experience
Research experience in machine learning, deep learning, and NLP
Programming experience in Python and frameworks such as PyTorch

Benefits & Perks

Compensation ranging from $70.67/hour to $208,000/year plus bonus, equity, and benefits
Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location
Meta offers additional benefits (details available in the full benefits information)

Working at Meta

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. The company is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality. Meta values diversity and is committed to equal employment opportunity, providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities, and leveraging AI and machine learning in its processes.

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