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Research scientist at Facebook App Augusta, ME

Job in Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, 04338, USA
Listing for: Payfuture Technologies
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-05-28
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    Data Scientist, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning/ ML Engineer
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 225569 - 240240 USD Yearly USD 225569.00 240240.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Research scientist job at Facebook App. Augusta, ME. Summary

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta), formerly known as Facebook Inc., builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps and services like Messenger, Instagram, and Whats App further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology.

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Research Scientist Responsibilities
  • Perform research and develop solutions to computer software and computer hardware problems.
  • Research, design, and develop new optimization algorithms and techniques to improve the efficiency and performance of Meta's platforms.
  • Design and implement large-scale distributed software systems to serve large numbers of complex requests simultaneously and without failure.
  • Utilize technical research background, train new ranking models, and run experiments.
  • Create tools for migrating large bodies of user data across systems for new products, scalability efforts, and development of new core infrastructure.
  • Use machine learning, statistics, or other data techniques to build algorithms.
  • Suggest, collect, and synthesize system requirements from stakeholders and create effective feature roadmaps.
  • Analyze and resolve computer challenges from a system engineering standpoint.
  • Work on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors.
  • Demonstrate good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
  • Telecommute from anywhere in the US permitted.
Minimum Qualifications
  • Requires a PhD degree (or foreign degree equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Mechanical Engineering, Analytics, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Applied Sciences, or a related field, OR completion of all coursework towards a PhD degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Mechanical Engineering, Analytics, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Applied Sciences, or a related field
  • Requires completion of a university-level course, research project, internship, or thesis in the following:
  • Algorithms, data structures, or systems software
  • Gathering, manipulating, or analyzing complex, high-volume, high-dimensionality data from varying sources
  • Research in topics closely related to machine learning, NLP, recommendation systems, pattern recognition, signal processing, data mining, artificial intelligence, information retrieval, or computer vision
  • Performing research that enables learning the semantics of data (images, video, text, audio, or other modalities) and advances the technology of intelligent machines
  • Adapting standard machine learning methods to best enterprise modern parallel environments: distributed clusters, multicore SMP, or GPU and
  • Java, C++, Perl, PHP, or Python
  • Public Compensation

    $225,569/year to $240,240/year + bonus + equity + benefits

    Industry

    Internet

    Equal Opportunity

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