AI Research Scientist, Text Data Research - MSL FAIR

Meta is seeking AI research scientists to help us build the data foundation for Meta's most advanced Large Language Models. The role involves collaborating with teams to develop foundational models, advancing data research, and improving data curation systems at scale.ResponsibilitiesCollaborate with cross-functional teams to develop Meta’s next foundational modelsAdvance our understanding of data research, such as how to overcome data walls and how best to create synthetic dataArchitect efficient and scalable data curation systems and pipelinesFundamentally improve our data velocity across workflows and projects by contributing to the advancement of data toolingExecute on high priority projects in pre-training, mid-training, or post-training data curationApply specialized expertise in agentic data, synthetic data, reasoning data, web parser, coding data, data scaling laws, or datamix optimizationLead complex technical projects end-to-endSkillsBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experiencePhD in Computer Science or a related technical field1+ year of industry research experience in LLM/NLP or related AI/ML modelsExperience owning and/or driving complex technical projects from end-to-endPractical experience with pre-training or mid-training data curation for large foundational models and experience working with organic, synthetic, agentic, or reasoning data for LLMsPublished research in leading peer-reviewed conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP) and/or demonstrated significant industry influence in the field of AIExperience working on frontier-quality/state-of-the-art Large Language ModelsMultiple first-author publications in leading peer-reviewed conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP)Hands-on experience with modeling frameworks like PyTorchHands-on experience on SQL and large-scale data handling, with familiarity of frameworks like Spark and HiveBenefitsBonusEquityBenefitsCompany OverviewMeta's mission is to build the future of human connection and the technology that makes it possible. It was founded in 2004, and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA, US, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.metacareers.com/.



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