AI Research Scientist, Media Data Research Job at Meta (Menlo Park)

AI Research Scientist, Media Data Research - MSL FAIR

Meta is seeking AI research scientists to help us build the data foundation for ...

Location

United States , Menlo Park

Salary:

154000.00 - 217000.00 USD / Year

Meta

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field
1+ year of industry research experience in LLM/LMM, computer vision, or related AI/ML models
Experience owning and/or driving complex technical projects from end-to-end
Practical experience with multimodal pre-training or mid-training data curation for large media perception or generation models
Published research in leading peer-reviewed conferences (e.g., ACL, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, AAAI, KDD, CVPR, ICCV) and/or demonstrated significant industry influence in the field of AI

Job Responsibility

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop Meta’s next foundational models
Advance our understanding of data research, such as how to overcome data walls and how best to create synthetic data
Fundamentally improve our data velocity across workflows and projects by contributing to quality in data tooling
Execute on high priority projects in pre-training, mid-training, or post-training data curation
Apply specialized expertise in video/image generation, video/image perception, OCR, data scaling laws, or data mixing
Lead complex technical projects end-to-end

What we offer

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AI Research Scientist, Media Data Research - MSL FAIR

Meta is seeking AI research scientists to help us build the data foundation for ...

Location

United States , Bellevue

Salary:

122000.00 - 181000.00 USD / Year

Meta

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

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
PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field, plus 1+ years of industry research experience in LLM/LMM, computer vision, or related AI/ML models
Published research in leading peer-reviewed conferences (e.g., ACL, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, AAAI, KDD, CVPR, ICCV) and/or demonstrated significant industry influence in the field of AI
Experience owning and/or driving complex technical projects from end-to-end
Practical experience with multimodal pre-training or mid-training data curation for large media perception or generation models

Job Responsibility

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop Meta’s next foundational models
Advance our understanding of data research, such as how to overcome data walls and how best to create synthetic data
Fundamentally improve our data velocity across workflows and projects by contributing to innovation in data tooling
Execute on high priority projects in pre-training, mid-training, or post-training data curation
Apply specialized expertise in video/image generation, video/image perception, OCR, data scaling laws, or data mixing
Lead complex technical projects end-to-end

What we offer

bonus
equity
benefits

AI Research Scientist (Technical Leadership), Data Research - MSL FAIR

Meta is seeking research scientists to help us build the data foundation for Met...

Location

United States , Menlo Park

Salary:

219000.00 - 301000.00 USD / Year

Meta

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field
4+ years of industry research experience in NLP or CV
4+ years as a formal technical lead experience
Experience leading major technical initiatives with cross-functional impact and influencing strategy across multiple teams
Practical experience with multimodal pre-training or mid-training data curation for large language models, media perception, or media generation models
Published research in leading peer-reviewed conferences (e.g., ACL, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, AAAI, KDD, CVPR, ICCV) and/or demonstrated significant industry influence in the field of AI

Job Responsibility

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop Meta’s next foundational models
Advance our understanding of data research, such as how to overcome data walls and how best to create synthetic data
Architect efficient and scalable data curation systems and pipelines
Fundamentally improve our data velocity across workflows and projects by contributing to the advancement of data tooling
Execute on high priority projects in pre-training, mid-training, or post-training data curation
Apply specialized expertise in video/image generation, video/image perception, OCR, agentic data, synthetic data, reasoning data, web parser, coding data, data scaling laws, or datamix optimization
Lead complex technical projects end-to-end

What we offer

bonus
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Data scientist

The Goodstuff Data Scientist is responsible for extracting, transforming and loa...

Location

United Kingdom , London

Salary:

Not provided

Goodstuff

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Strong analytical and numerical ability
Confidence in ETL techniques encompassing multiple sources
High levels of organisation and excellent attention to detail
A confident, committed and professional approach
Self-sufficiency and the ability to prioritise workloads, with good judgement on when and how to seek wider team support
The ability to distil complex data set-ups into simple, clear routes to solutions for a range of stakeholders
Experienced in SQL and passionate about AI and its scope for development. Media experience an advantage but not essential
Passionate to be an internal advocate for data and automation
A strong team orientation and a proactive self-starter
Effective time-management and the ability to work across multiple workstreams at once

Job Responsibility

Extract, transform and load data (ETL) to support data warehousing, visualisation and automation
Use an analytical mindset to scope, design and document data to power AI and machine learning
Help to build and maintain robust data pipelines, including scheduling, monitoring refreshes, troubleshooting failures and ensuring outputs are formatted correctly to support automation, modelling and AI tools
Develop efficient, readable and structured code (e.g. SQL and other languages) to process data when briefed, with an eye on reuse, scalability and error-handling, including for AI and ML-driven workflows
Get to grips with the key tools and systems for the role – including bespoke internal platforms and R-Studio, Power BI, Looker Studio, SQL, Mediaocean, and SMI
Build a strong understanding of how media data flows from research → planning → delivery → evaluation, and how Data Science, machine learning and AI techniques can support planning, optimisation and measurement
Apply data quality best practice: running validation checks and reconciling data across sources and support the creation of clear, intuitive data visualisations and dashboards that make complex datasets easy to understand
Work with internal teams to ensure data handling is secure and compliant, escalating any risks or issues, especially in the context of AI, automation and model governance
Learn to manage data flows, working with internal and external stakeholders to ensure timely and accurate delivery of projects
Develop strong relationships with internal teams and wider network agencies to support with analysis and reporting on projects to realise our data ambitions

Lead Counsel, Research

Meta’s is seeking an experienced attorney with a track record of meeting ambitio...

Location

United States , Los Angeles

Salary:

202000.00 - 274000.00 USD / Year

Meta

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent law degree from an accredited institution
Active and in good standing bar license in at least one U.S. state or equivalent foreign bar license. Where the jurisdiction of licensure differs from the location in which the role is based, the ability to promptly obtain permission to practice law for Meta in that location
5+ years of legal experience as a practicing attorney, including at a law firm, in-house, or in government
Demonstrated experience providing legal advice on technology, internet, or media products and services
Experience with advertising, privacy, data protection, consumer protection, competition, and/or intellectual property laws and regulations
Effective communication and legal drafting skills
Demonstrated business judgment, client counseling, and strategic thinking skills
Proven track record of delivering results with large-scale, cross-functional projects in a deadline-focused environment
Experience making decisions in the face of ambiguity and evolving priorities

Job Responsibility

Provide practical and strategic legal advice and day-to-day counseling support to researchers and data scientists - review and analyze research plans for legal risks, and create durable policies, playbooks, frameworks, and other guidance, to enable research at scale
Provide direct support to help structure and implement research programs and their related policies, procedures, and terms and conditions, including drafting and negotiating related agreements with third parties
Serve as legal subject matter expert on legal risks associated with research data collection, analysis, and governance (e.g., privacy, consumer protection, product safety, competition, intellectual property and other regulatory risks)
Build influential relationships with executives, product teams, and peers across the family of Meta companies
Lead consensus-building and drive coordination with other members of legal and business teams across the family of Meta companies

What we offer

bonus
equity
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Research Scientist Intern, Computer Vision for Media Research

Meta is seeking Research Scientist Interns to join the Products and Applied Rese...

Location

United States , Bellevue

Salary:

7650.00 - 12134.00 USD / Month

Meta

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Currently has or is in the process of obtaining a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, or relevant technical field
Must obtain work authorization in country of employment at the time of hire and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment
Experience in C, C++, Python, Java, or other related programming language
Experience building systems based on machine learning and/or deep learning methods

Job Responsibility

Perform research to advance the science and technology of generative AI
Perform research that enables learning the semantics of data (images, video, text, audio, and other modalities)
Collaborate with researchers and cross-functional partners including communicating research plans, progress, and results
Devise better data-driven models of image generation and text generation
Publish research results and contribute to research that can be applied to Meta product development

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Senior Data Scientist - Social Analytics

We’re building a Frontier Marketing organization that learns fast and executes w...

Location

United States , Redmond

Salary:

119800.00 - 234700.00 USD / Year

Microsoft Corporation

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Doctorate in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results)
OR Master's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ years data-science experience
OR Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 5+ years data-science experience
OR equivalent experience.
3+ years of experience ingesting, cleaning, and analyzing largescale social media data, including unstructured and semi-structured signals (e.g., posts, comments, engagement metadata), with attention to data quality, bias, and analytical fitness for use.
3+ years of experience applying social network analysis algorithms including community detection, centrality metrics, influence propagation models, graph-based clustering methods.
3+ years of experience applying statistical or machine learning techniques to social or behavioral analytics problems.
3+ years of experience with advanced visualization techniques for social analytics and tools such as PowerBI.

Job Responsibility

Own and deliver complex social analytics problem spaces end-to-end, leveraging strong analytic judgement while framing ambiguous business questions into clear analytical objectives and success measures
Apply advanced social network analysis methods (graph analytics, community detection, influence/diffusion modeling) and statistical techniques to understand engagement, behavior, and diffusion patterns to develop actionable insights
Evaluate and extract insights from noisy, large-scale and unstructured data, developing new methods to improve analytical quality and relevance
Collaborate with analysts and partners to translate data science solutions into scalable, self-serve analytics experiences
Drive execution independently, with minimal guidance, identifying key risks, dependencies, and trade-offs to ensure timely, high-impact delivery.
Partner directly with marketing, public relations, and product stakeholders to translate business questions into data science approaches, influencing decisions through explaining trade-offs and implications of data science results
Communicate complex findings clearly through narratives, visualizations, and executive-ready materials, translating technical results into business terms and clear recommendations
Serve as a technical thought leader and mentor across the team by setting high standards for data science quality, documentation and reproducibility, raising the overall bar for rigor and creativity.

Fulltime

AI Research Scientist, Media - MSL PAR

We are seeking AI Researchers to join the Product and Applied Research (PAR) Med...

Location

United States , Menlo Park

Salary:

122000.00 - 181000.00 USD / Year

Meta

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

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 Computer Science, AI/ML, or a relevant technical field
PhD research and/or industry research experience in LLM/NLP, computer vision, or related AI/ML models
Experience working on complex technical projects from end-to-end
Skilled in model training, data, or inference & efficiency for image, video, and/or related multimodal models
Proficient in media generation, understanding, and/or grounding
Programming experience in Python and hands-on experience with frameworks like PyTorch or Spark
Demonstrated significant industry influence in the field of AI and/or recently published research in leading peer-reviewed conferences (e.g., ACL, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, AAAI, KDD, CVPR, ICCV)

Job Responsibility

Contribute to the training of next-generation multimodal foundation models, advance their capabilities in understanding, generation, and grounding, and enable them for downstream product use-cases
Support creative data sourcing, high-quality pre/mid/post-training data curation, and scale and optimize data pipelines for multimodal large language models (LLMs)
Lead, collaborate, and execute on research that pushes forward the state of the art in multimodal reasoning and generation research, and prioritize research that can be directly applied to Meta’s product development

What we offer

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Fulltime

AI Research Scientist, Media Data Research

Meta

Location:
United States , Menlo Park

Category:
IT - Software Development

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Job Posted:
January 23, 2026

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