Research Engineer, Pre-training Data - MSL FAIR
Listed on 2026-08-13
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IT/Tech
AI Engineer (Applied/Software), Machine Learning/ ML Engineer, Data Scientist
Meta is seeking AI research engineers to help us build the data foundation for Meta's most advanced Large Language Models. We're looking for engineers with LLM expertise to join us on working with data at scale and to push beyond the data ceiling.
Our team contributes to data curation across all stages of LLM development (pre-training, mid-training, post-training) and all domains/modalities (e.g., web, code, agent, multilingual). We tackle the hardest challenges at trillion-scale, including organic data curation, synthetic data generation, agent and interaction data, and frontier paradigms that redefine what's possible.
Based in Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL) within the Fundamental AI Research Organization (FAIR), you'll directly contribute to Meta's frontier models like Llama, while having the chance to collaborate with researchers and engineers across MSL. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience2+ years of industry research experience in LLM/NLP or related AI/ML models
Experience as a formal technical lead, leading major technical initiatives with cross-functional impact, and/or influencing strategy across multiple teams
Practical experience with pre-training or mid-training data curation for large foundational models and experience working with organic, synthetic, agentic, or reasoning data for LLMsDemonstrated data infrastructure and software background, and experience building data tooling and services
Published research in leading peer-reviewed conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP) and/or demonstrated significant industry influence in the field of AI Experience working on frontier-quality/state-of-the-art Large Language Models Masters degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field
Hands-on experience with modeling frameworks like Py Torch Hands -on experience on SQL and large-scale data handling, with familiarity of frameworks like Spark and Hive
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