AI Research Scientist, VLLM (vision large language models)

Meta; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 177,000 - 251,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an AI Research Scientist to advance multimodal reasoning and generation research. In this dynamic role, you will lead innovative projects, contribute to impactful publications, and collaborate with a diverse team of experts. Your experience in machine learning, computer vision, and natural language processing will be crucial as you design experiments and mentor fellow researchers. This opportunity not only allows you to push the boundaries of AI but also to shape the future of technology. If you're passionate about cutting-edge research and eager to make a difference, this is the perfect role for you.

Qualifications

• PhD in AI or related field with strong publications in ML, CV, or NLP.
• Experience in software development and complex AI experiments.

Responsibilities

• Lead research in multimodal reasoning and generation.
• Contribute to publications and mentor team members.
• Design experiments and collaborate with a large team.

Skills

Machine Learning

Computer Vision

Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Python

PyTorch

Software Development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

PhD in AI or related field

Job description

AI Research Scientist, VLLM (vision large language models)

Responsibilities:

1. Lead, collaborate, and execute on research that pushes forward the state of the art in multimodal reasoning and generation research.
2. Work towards long-term ambitious research goals, while identifying intermediate milestones.
3. Directly contribute to experiments, including designing experimental details, writing reusable code, running evaluations, and organizing results.
4. Work with a large team.
5. Contribute to publications and open-sourcing efforts.
6. Mentor other team members and play a significant role in healthy cross-functional collaboration.
7. Prioritize research that can be applied to Meta's product development.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
2. A PhD in AI, computer science, or related technical fields.
3. Publications in machine learning, computer vision, NLP, speech.
4. Experience writing software and executing complex experiments involving large AI models and datasets.
5. Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Direct experience in generative AI and LLM research.
2. First (joint) author publications experience at peer-reviewed AI conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, CVPR, ICML, ICLR, ICCV, and ACL).
3. Fluent in Python and PyTorch (or equivalent).

Compensation:

$177,000/year to $251,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits.

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.

About Meta:

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