Research Engineer, Monetization AI

Meta Meta · Big Tech · Sunnyvale, CA +2

Research Engineer focused on advancing AI, ML, and RecSys technologies for personalized ads, aiming to maximize user utility and advertiser value. The role involves developing and implementing large-scale model architectures, sequence learning techniques, and generative modeling solutions for data augmentation, with a focus on integrating these into production systems that drive significant revenue.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develop and implement large-scale model architectures, leveraging model scaling and transfer learning techniques
  2. Prioritize training scalability and signal scaling to optimize model performance, efficiency, and reliability
  3. Develop and apply NextGen sequence learning techniques to drive advancements in recommender systems and machine learning
  4. Design and implement generative modeling solutions for data augmentation
  5. Develop and deploy machine learning pipelines

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
  • Research experience in machine learning, deep learning, and/or recommender systems, natural language processing
  • Programming experience in Python
  • hands-on experience with frameworks such as PyTorch
  • Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies

Nice to have

  • Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
  • PhD in AI, computer science, data science, or related technical fields
  • First author publications at peer-reviewed AI conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, RecSys, SIGIR, KDD, WSDM, TheWebConf, ICDM, ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, AAAI, ICCV, CVPR)
  • Direct experience in generative AI, LLMs, RecSys, ML research
  • Experience with developing large-scale machine learning models from inception to business impact
  • Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
  • Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)

What the JD emphasized

  • First author publications at peer-reviewed AI conferences
  • Direct experience in generative AI, LLMs, RecSys, ML research
  • Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact
  • Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices

Other signals

  • advancing AI, ML, and RecSys technologies
  • integrating cutting-edge AI/ML/RecSys advancements
  • drive SOTA research and production