About the role#
Meta is seeking Research Scientist Interns to join our Search AI teams. You will work on systems that help people find people, groups, events, videos, and posts. Our goal is to connect what a person wants to explore with content that makes the journey worthwhile. You will frame practical search problems as machine learning challenges and build solutions alongside our research scientists and software engineers.
What you'll do#
- Advance generative modeling, retrieval, ranking, and personalization across query suggestions and results.
- Develop models that use queries, user history, and multimodal content to generate search suggestions or retrieve relevant content.
- Create training and evaluation methods using human judgments, LLM judges, and online experiments to improve quality and search habits.
- Analyze and improve the efficiency, latency, scalability, and stability of models in production.
- Collaborate with researchers and cross-functional partners to communicate research plans and results.
- Publish research findings and contribute to work that applies to Meta product development.
What you'll need#
- Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Information Retrieval, or a related field.
- Proficiency in Python, C++, C, or Java.
- Experience with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.
- Background in building systems based on machine learning, deep learning, information retrieval, or natural language processing.
- Familiarity with generative model training and deep learning architectures like Transformers, GPTs, or BERT.
- Proven research achievements through grants, fellowships, patents, or publications at leading conferences.
- Experience with generative retrieval, dense retrieval, learning to rank, sequence modeling, or large language model fine-tuning.
- Software development experience via internships, work experience, or open source contributions.
- Ability to work and communicate across functional teams.
- Intent to return to your degree program after the internship.
Location & details#
- Location: Menlo Park, California.
- Work Modality: On-site.
- Employment: Full-time internship.
- Duration: 12, 16, or 24 weeks with rolling start dates.
- Compensation: $7,650 to $12,667 per month.
- Note: Candidates must obtain and maintain work authorization in the United States.
About Meta
Meta develops software and social media applications. It operates platforms such as Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The company maintains headquarters in Menlo Park, California. Current work focuses on augmented and virtual reality alongside artificial intelligence and machine learning.
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