Research Scientist, Computer Vision (PhD)

Meta is seeking Research Scientists to join its Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) organization to work on making significant advances in AI. We are seeking talented researchers with experience in vision-language models and general AI to join the team to investigate how to build contextually aware AI that will be the foundation for a new paradigm in how we interact and use computers. The chosen candidate will work with a diverse and highly interdisciplinary team of scientists, engineers, and cross-functional partners and access cutting-edge technology, resources, and research facilities.

Responsibilities:

• Develop algorithms based on state-of-the-art machine learning and neural network methodologies.
• Define, build and benchmark new capabilities needed for the next generation of AI.
• Work with and create large datasets.
• Conduct research to advance the science and technology of intelligent machines.
• Conduct research towards long-term ambitious research goals while identifying intermediate milestones.
• Conduct research that enables learning the semantics of data across multiple modalities (images, video, text, audio, speech and other modalities).

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.
• Currently has or is in the process of obtaining a PhD in the field of Computer Vision, Language, Machine Learning, a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Degree must be completed prior to joining Meta.
• Research Experience in deep learning, computer vision, robotics, or AI infrastructure.
• Experience with Python and PyTorch.
• Experience writing software and executing complex experiments.
• Experience communicating research for public audiences of peers.
• Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven track record of achieving significant results as demonstrated by grants, fellowships, patents, as well as publications at leading workshops, journals or conferences such as CVPR, ICCV, ICCV, NeurIPS, SIGGRAPH, or similar.
• Demonstrated research and software engineering experience via an internship, work experience, coding competitions, or widely used contributions in open source repositories (e.g. GitHub).
• Experience solving complex problems and comparing alternative solutions, tradeoffs, and diverse points of view to determine a path forward.
• Experience working and communicating cross functionally in a team environment.

Meta offers competitive compensation, including base salary, bonus, equity, and benefits. The company is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities, long-term conditions, mental health conditions, sincerely held religious beliefs, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support.