Research Scientist, FAIR

Meta; Paris; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta's Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) team invites world‑leading researchers to join as Research Scientists. The role spans ML theory, RL, CV, audio, NLP, and responsible AI, with emphasis on building and analyzing large-scale models for vision and language.

You will conduct high-impact research, publish, open source code, and contribute to long-term goals while identifying milestones. PhD required and work authorization in country.

Qualifications

• PhD completed in Computer Science or related field.
• Strong research background in ML/AI, statistics or math.
• Research publications showing theoretical or empirical work.

Responsibilities

• Perform research to advance intelligent machines.
• Explore learning semantics across data modalities (images, text, audio).
• Work toward long-term milestones with measurable progress.
• Publish in relevant venues and influence research communities.
• Open source high-quality code and reproduce research results.

Skills

PhD in CS or related field

ML/AI research

Publications

Python

Data collection/analysis

Education

PhD degree

Tools

Python

Job description

About

Meta is seeking Research Scientists to join our Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) team, an organization focused on making research breakthroughs in AI. Individuals in this role are expected to be world-leading experts in research areas such as ML theory, responsible AI, reinforcement learning, computer vision, audio, and/or NLP. To learn more about our research, visit https://ai.meta.com/. Ideal candidates for these positions will have a track record in producing new science that is seminal to understanding intelligence, with particular experience in building and analyzing large-scale models for vision, language, speech, or general agents.

Responsibilities

• Perform research to advance the science and technology of intelligent machines
• Perform research that enables learning the semantics of data (images, video, text, audio, codegen, and other modalities)
• Work towards long-term ambitious research goals, while identifying immediate milestones
• Influence progress of relevant research communities by producing publications
• Open source high quality code and produce reproducible research

Minimum Qualifications

• Currently has a PhD degree in the field of Computer Science, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Degree must be completed prior to joining Meta
• Research background in machine learning, artificial intelligence, computational statistics, applied mathematics, or related areas
• Research publications reflecting experience in theoretical or empirical research
• Experience in developing and debugging in Python or similar programming languages
• Experience in analyzing and collecting data from various sources
• Must obtain work authorization in country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment