Research Scientist, Reinforcement Learning (PhD) jobs in United States
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Meta · 1 month ago

Research Scientist, Reinforcement Learning (PhD)

positionNew York, NY
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityMid, Senior Level
money$122/hr - $181/hr

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. The AI Research Scientist role conducts cutting-edge research and develops advanced machine learning models to drive innovation in content and user understanding, retrieval, and ranking, directly enhancing Meta’s products.

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Responsibilities

Collaborate, and execute on research that pushes forward the state of the art in large language model research
Directly contribute to experiments, including designing experimental details, running evaluations, and organizing results
Contribute to publications and open-sourcing efforts
Help identify long-term research goals as well as intermediate milestones
Prioritize research that can be applied to Meta's product development

Qualification

Reinforcement LearningMachine LearningRanking SystemsRecommendation SystemsCross-functional Communication

Required

Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Degree must be completed prior to joining Meta
Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a PhD degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, or related technical fields
Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment

Preferred

Experience with applying reinforcement learning techniques to production scale systems
Experience in ranking, recommendation, or auction systems
Prior work bridging academic research and real-world applications
Proven track record of achieving significant results as demonstrated by grants, fellowships, patents, as well as publications at leading workshops, journals or conferences
Experience working and communicating cross functionally in a team environment

Company

Meta

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Meta's mission is to build the future of human connection and the technology that makes it possible.
dateFounded in 2004
location
Menlo Park, CA, US
people-size10001+ employees
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https://www.metacareers.com/

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage

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