Research Engineer,MRS AI Job Bellevue area,Washington USA,IT/Tech

Summary

Meta is seeking a Research Engineer to join our Meta Recommendation Systems (MRS) AI Algorithm Team. Join us to build Meta’s User Intelligence Engine— a unified platform that models who the user is, what they need, and why they act by integrating state, representation, reasoning, and multi-architecture modeling to power Meta’s Recommendation System with personalized, context‑aware experiences across the ecosystem. We’re bringing together two powerhouses: – Generative AI/LLMs for semantic understanding and reasoning – Meta’s world‑class ads & organic ranking expertise for optimized decision‑making part of a rapidly growing ML team, you’ll shape the next generation of User Understanding models and Meta Recommendation Systems, delivering personalization that feels intuitive, adaptive, and truly human.

Research

Engineer, MRS AI Responsibilities

Develop and implement large-scale model architectures, leveraging model scaling and transfer learning techniques

Prioritize training scalability and signal scaling to optimize model performance, efficiency, and reliability

Develop and apply Next Gen sequence learning techniques to drive advancements in recommender systems and machine learning

Design and implement generative modeling solutions for data augmentation

Develop and deploy machine learning pipelines

Develop and implement innovative solutions for data-related challenges, utilizing knowledge of semi/self‑supervised learning, generative techniques, sampling, debiasing, domain adaptation, continual learning, data augmentation, cold‑start, content understanding, and large language models

Minimum Qualifications

Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Degree must be completed prior to joining Meta

Research experience in machine learning, deep learning, and/or recommender systems, natural language processing

Programming experience in Python and hands‑on experience with frameworks such as Py Torch

Exposure to architectural patterns of large scale software applications

Preferred Qualifications

Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)

Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)

Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies

Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience

A PhD in AI, computer science, data science, or related technical fields

First author publications at peer-reviewed AI conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, Rec Sys, SIGIR, KDD, WSDM, The Web Conf , ICDM, ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, AAAI, ICCV, CVPR)

Direct experience in generative AI, LLMs, Rec Sys, ML research

Experience with developing large-scale machine learning models from inception to business impact

Public Compensation

$58.65/hour to $181,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Industry

Internet

Equal Opportunity

Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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Research Engineer, MRS AI