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  • Meta
  • New York, NY
  • Full-Time
  • 7 days ago
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AI Research Scientist, Language - Generative AI.

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AI Research Scientist, Language - Generative AI: our view in 3 lines...

  • The Role:This role is for an AI researcher advancing large language model research, including alignment, multilingual modeling, and code generation.
  • The Person:The person will lead and execute research advancing large language models, design experiments and write reusable code, run evaluations, contribute to publications and open-source efforts, and mentor team members.
  • Requirements:The ideal candidate has experience in NLP or reinforcement learning, LLM alignment, multilingual modeling, code generation, responsible AI, and model controllability, plus experience developing and debugging in Python.

About the role

Meta is seeking a Research Scientist to join our Llama Large Language Model (LLM) Research team. We are looking for recognized experts in NLP or reinforcement learning; with experience in areas like LLM alignment; multilingual modeling; code generation; responsible AI; and model controllability. The ideal candidate will have an interest in producing and applying new science to help us develop and responsibly release large language models.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, collaborate, and execute on research that pushes forward the state of the art in large language model research
  • Directly contribute to experiments, including designing experimental details, writing reusable code, running evaluations, and organizing results
  • Work with a large and globally distributed team
  • Contribute to publications and open-sourcing efforts
  • Help identify long-term ambitious research goals as well as intermediate milestones
  • Prioritize research that can be applied to Meta's product development
  • Mentor other team members. Play a significant role in healthy cross-functional collaboration
Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
  • A PhD in AI, computer science, or related technical fields
  • Experience holding an industry, faculty, or government researcher position
  • Publications in machine learning
  • Experience writing software and executing complex experiments involving large AI models and datasets
  • Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment
Preferred Qualifications

  • Direct experience in generative AI and LLM research.
  • Experience developing and debugging in Python.
  • First author publications experience at peer-reviewed AI conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, CVPR, ICML, ICLR, ICCV, and ACL).
  • 2+ year(s) of work experience in a university, industry, or government lab, in a role with primary emphasis on AI research.

$154,000/year to $217,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Published October 30, 2026
Location New York, NY
Category AI & Research  
Job Type Full-Time