Research Scientist – Applied Science

# Research Scientist – Central Applied Science Menlo Park, CA+1 location

Engineering+ 1 more Apply nowWe’re looking for applied scientists with substantial industry experience to join the Central Applied Science team. Central Applied Science is home to experts from many scientific fields, partnering across the company to deliver engineering systems that bring research and innovation to fundamentally contribute to Meta's success.

You will be empowered to leverage your expertise and drive impact across a range of products, infrastructure and company operations. Individuals in this role are expected to perform well in a research engineering capacity and hold publications within research areas including artificial intelligence, machine learning, statistics, operations research, causal inference and experimentation. Experience building data-driven products and forming research frameworks to solve challenging, real-world problems.

---## Research Scientist – Central Applied Science Responsibilities
* Work with vast amounts of data, generate research questions that push the state-of-the-art, and build data-driven products which impact the business
* Develop novel quantitative methods on top of Meta's unparalleled data infrastructure
* Work towards long-term ambitious research goals, while identifying intermediate milestones
* Communicate best practices in quantitative analysis to partners
* Work both independently and collaboratively with other scientists, engineers, and product managers to accomplish complex tasks that deliver demonstrable value to Meta's community of over 3.8 billion users
* Actively identify new opportunities for scientific tooling and systems to yield outsized impact, in line with Central Applied Science's role and mission within Meta