Applied AI Scientist — Central Research Systems

Meta; New York (NY); On-site; USD 184,000 - 257,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Meta is seeking an experienced Research Scientist to join the Central Applied Science team. You will work with vast data, formulate research questions, and build data-driven products that influence Meta’s engineering systems and operations.

The role emphasizes developing novel quantitative methods, achieving long‑term research goals, and communicating results to partners across product and infrastructure teams.

Qualifications

• PhD or equivalent research background in relevant field.
• Experience publishing in ML, AI, CS or data science.
• 4+ years in applied R&D or similar role.

Responsibilities

• Generate research questions from large data sets and build data‑driven products.
• Develop quantitative methods on Meta data infrastructure.
• Advance long-term research goals with milestones.
• Share best practices in quantitative analysis with partners.
• Collaborate with scientists, engineers and PMs to deliver value.
• Identify opportunities for scientific tooling and impactful systems.

Skills

Python programming

Publications

Research methods

Machine learning

Statistics

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE or related

PhD in CS/Statistics/OR or related

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

scikit-learn

Python

Presto

Hive

Spark

C/C++/Java

Job description

Meta is seeking an experienced Research Scientist to join the Central Applied Science team. You will work with vast data, formulate research questions, and build data-driven products that influence Meta’s engineering systems and operations.

The role emphasizes developing novel quantitative methods, achieving long‑term research goals, and communicating results to partners across product and infrastructure teams.