Software Engineer - Research Systems

Job Description

About the Role

Reality Labs Research (RL-R) brings together a highly interdisciplinary team of researchers and engineers with a broad range of experiences, perspectives, approaches, and backgrounds to create the future of augmented and virtual reality. Our team aims to define the worldwide standard for extended reality (XR) interaction with unparalleled software that accelerates research and creates novel functionality. This requires a passion for accelerating researchers building models in Human Computer Interaction (HCI) research. In our collaborative environment, you'll partner with expert research scientists, hardware engineers, and software developers to build groundbreaking interaction hardware. You will tackle interesting technical challenges in AI to revolutionize how people interact with computing devices. Step into the adventure of a lifetime as we make science fiction real and change the world!

Key Responsibilities

Automate training of machine learning models on many different types of data
Collaborate with researchers to determine what data to collect and annotate
Support researchers in training new models and automating workflows
Collaborate with users to understand usability issues and develop solutions
Collect usage metrics and develop features to increase developer/research experience
Develop tests and processes to ensure software stability and correctness
Effectively communicate complex features and systems in detail while advocating for higher product quality and engineering efficiency
Develop backend software used by annotators to label data and enable researchers who use the resulting datasets
Code using primarily C/C++, Java, Rust or Python

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
3+ years of experience with Python/Jupyter software development
Experience with SQL databases
Experience with scripting languages
Proven track record of shipping software
Experience with software development practices such as source control, code reviews, unit testing, and debugging
Collaborator with communication experience across teams of varying knowledge of components
Experience with NumPy/OpenCV/PIL
Experience with machine learning (PyTorch, TensorFlow or similar)
Experience with 3D math and linear algebra
Experience with RPC frameworks (Thrift or similar)
Experience developing and managing large-scale distributed systems
Experience with PHP or Hack
Experience with ReactJS, JavaScript, Flow, or TypeScript