AI Engineer, Specialist - VR - (Technical Leadership)

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta), formerly known as Facebook Inc., builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps and services like Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology.Develop highly scalable algorithms based on state-of-the-art machine learning and neural network methodologies Suggest, collect, and synthesize requirements and create effective feature roadmap Code deliverables in tandem with the engineering team Adapt standard machine learning methods to best exploit modern parallel environments (e.g., distributed clusters, multicore SMP, and GPU) distributed clusters, multicore SMP, and GPU) Perform specific responsibilities which vary by team Research, design, and develop new algorithms and techniques to improve the efficiency and performance of Meta's platforms Gather data for machine-learning training; train new ranking models and run experiments Identify potential improvements in Meta's software and technology products Research and present effects of current engineering efforts on Meta's market standing from an economic and game-theoretic point of view Develop highly scalable classifiers and tools leveraging machine learning, data regression, and rules based modelsBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience Experience with research and/or work in machine learning, NLP, reinforcement learning, deep learning, recommendation systems, pattern recognition, signal processing, data mining, artificial intelligence, information retrieval, or computer vision Experience coding in one or more of the following: Java, C++, Perl, PHP, or Python Experience with large scale model training, implementing algorithms, and evaluating speech-based systems 3+ years experience as an Applied AI Research Scientist or an Applied AI Research Engineer Experience working and communicating cross functionally in a team environment PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or relevant technical field Experience with developing scalable machine learning models in at least one of the following areas: Crawling, indexing, extraction, retrieval, ranking, recommendations, measurement, tooling, evaluation, query understanding, planning, vector databases, or embeddings Experience evaluating alternative technical solutions by analyzing tradeoffs in performance, cost, and maintainability to recommend a path forward Experience taking ideas from research to production First author publications experience at peer-reviewed AI conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, CVPR, ICML, ICLR, ICCV, and ACL)Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today-beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. You may view our Equal Employment Opportunity notice here .Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, fill out the Accommodations request form .