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Research Scientist Manager

United States, Sunnyvale 184000.00 - 257000.00 USD / Year · Job Posted January 23, 2026
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Meta is seeking a versatile and experienced computer science research manager to join our wide-ranging research and development teams that drive innovation across various cutting-edge technologies and applications. This role is critical to shaping and ensuring Meta's position as a leader in the tech industry.

Job Responsibility

  • Be hands-on supporting and leading teams of software engineers and research scientists
  • Develop technical vision, long-term strategy and set direction for the team and the organization
  • Communicate, collaborate, and build relationships with customers and peer teams to facilitate cross-functional projects
  • Remain up-to-date on ongoing software development activities within the team, help work through technical challenges, and be involved in design decisions

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience or PhD and 4+ years of experience in a related industry research and development setting
  • 2+ years of direct management experience, managing researchers and/or engineers
  • Experience with cross functional collaboration with product and infrastructure teams, as well as non-engineering functions
  • Demonstrated experience recruiting, building, structuring, and leading technical organizations, including performance management

Nice to have

  • Experience in ranking, recommendation, or monetization systems
  • Demonstrated expertise in LLMs, reinforcement learning or causal learning
  • Prior work bridging academic research and real-world applications
  • Experience recruiting and developing applied research teams

What we offer

  • bonus
  • equity
  • benefits
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