Research Scientist Intern, AI Software Development (PhD) at Meta in Redmond, Washington

Job Description:

Meta is seeking Research Interns to join a Reality Labs Research team engaged in exploratory research for novel software development techniques using AI. We are seeking individuals passionate in areas such as Software Architecture, Natural Language Processing, Deep Learning, Compilers, Programming Languages, and Reinforcement Learning. You'll have the unique opportunity to work with industry-leading researchers and engineers who are defining the future of AR and AI.Our teams are looking for candidates with expertise and interests such as: machine translation, natural language understanding and generation, language modeling, LLM pretraining, dialogue, code generation, code optimization, compilers, planning, efficient decoding, non-autoregressive methods, and static analysis.Our internships are twelve (12) to twenty-four (24) weeks long and we have various start dates throughout the year.

Research Scientist Intern, AI Software Development (PhD) Responsibilities:

• Perform research into novel approaches to software development through code generation at a large scale.


• Idea generation with research mentors, review literature and existing solutions of a challenging real-world research problem.


• Develop novel solutions, implement prototypes, and perform extensive experiments to test the proposed solutions in meaningful benchmarks and metrics, analyze the results and verify the conclusions.


• Present research outcomes to internal and/or external audiences.


• Contribute research that can be applied to Meta product development.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining, a PhD degree in the field of Computer Science, Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, 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.


• Research and/or work experience in Machine Learning or Deep Learning.


• Experience in Python, C++, or other related languages.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Intent to return to a degree-program after the completion of the internship.


• Proven track record of achieving significant results as demonstrated by grants, fellowships, patents, as well as first-authored publications at leading workshops or conferences such as ICML, ICLR, NeurIPS, ACL, EMNLP, POPL, ACM or similar.


• Experience working and communicating cross functionally in a team environment.


• Demonstrated software engineer experience via an internship, work experience, coding competitions, or widely used contributions in open source repositories (e.g. GitHub).


• Experience advancing AI techniques, including contributions to open source libraries and frameworks.


• Experience advancing AI techniques in NLP, Computer Vision, Speech, and/or Machine Learning.

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.



Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.

Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations-ext@fb.com.


$7,500/month to $11,333/month + benefits


Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta. Apply Now