Software Engineer, Machine Learning
Key Skills for This Role
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Responsibilities
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (product, design, operations, infrastructure) to build innovative application experiences
- Implement custom user interfaces using latest programming techniques and technologies
- Develop reusable software components for interfacing with back-end platforms
- Analyze and optimize code for quality, efficiency, and performance
- Lead complex technical or product efforts and provide technical guidance to peers
- Architect efficient and scalable systems that drive complex applications
- Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues
- Work on a variety of coding languages and technologies
- Establish ownership of components, features, or systems with expert end-to-end understanding
Minimum Qualifications
- Experience building maintainable and testable code bases, including API design and unit testing techniques
- Track record of setting technical direction for a team, driving consensus and successful cross-functional partnerships
- 2+ years of programming experience in a relevant language OR a PhD + 9 months programming experience in a relevant language
- 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
Preferred Qualifications
- 2+ years of experience in one or more of the following areas: machine learning, recommendation systems, pattern recognition, data mining, artificial intelligence, or a related technical field
- Experience with developing machine learning models at scale from inception to business impact
- Exposure to architectural patterns of large scale software applications
- Experience with scripting languages such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, Python, JavaScript or Hack
- Proven experience to translate insights into business recommendations
- Experience improving quality through thoughtful code reviews, appropriate testing, proper rollout, monitoring, and proactive changes
- Knowledge developing and debugging in C/C++ and Java, or experience with scripting languages such as Python, Perl, PHP, and/or shell scripts
- 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
Compensation
- $121,992/year - $181,000/year; Country: US; Bonus eligible; Equity eligible
About Meta
Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.
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