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AI Engineer, Specialist - VR - (Technical Leadership)

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Compensation
$219–301K/yr
Location
Redmond, WA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Meta builds social technologies and is moving beyond 2D screens toward augmented and virtual reality. The AI Engineer, Specialist will develop scalable machine-learning algorithms and classifiers, adapt methods for parallel computing environments, and research techniques to improve platform efficiency and performance. The role also involves gathering training data, training ranking models, running experiments, and collaborating with engineering teams to deliver code.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Machine Learning, requiredNatural Language Processing, requiredReinforcement Learning, requiredDeep Learning, requiredRecommendation Systems, requiredPattern Recognition, requiredSignal Processing, requiredData Mining, requiredArtificial Intelligence, requiredInformation Retrieval, requiredComputer Vision, requiredJava, requiredC++, requiredPerl, requiredPHP, requiredPython, requiredLarge-Scale Model Training, nice to haveAlgorithm Implementation, nice to haveSpeech-Based Systems, nice to haveCross-Functional Communication, nice to haveScalable Machine Learning Models, nice to haveCrawling, nice to haveIndexing, nice to haveExtraction, nice to haveRetrieval, nice to haveRanking, nice to haveRecommendations, nice to haveMeasurement, nice to haveTooling, nice to haveEvaluation, nice to haveQuery Understanding, nice to havePlanning, nice to haveVector Databases, nice to haveEmbeddings, nice to haveTechnical Tradeoff Analysis, nice to haveResearch to Production, nice to havePeer-Reviewed AI Publications, nice to have

Qualifications

3+ Years Applied AI Research Experience, nice to havePhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Relevant Technical Field, nice to haveFirst-Author Publication Experience, nice to have

Full job description

Summary:

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta), formerly known as Facebook Inc., builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps and services 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.

Required Skills:

AI Engineer, Specialist - VR - (Technical Leadership) Responsibilities:

  1. Develop highly scalable algorithms based on state-of-the-art machine learning and neural network methodologies

  2. Suggest, collect, and synthesize requirements and create effective feature roadmap

  3. Code deliverables in tandem with the engineering team

  4. Adapt standard machine learning methods to best exploit modern parallel environments (e.g., distributed clusters, multicore SMP, and GPU)

  5. distributed clusters, multicore SMP, and GPU)

  6. Perform specific responsibilities which vary by team

  7. Research, design, and develop new algorithms and techniques to improve the efficiency and performance of Meta's platforms

  8. Gather data for machine-learning training

  9. train new ranking models and run experiments

  10. Identify potential improvements in Meta's software and technology products

  11. Research and present effects of current engineering efforts on Meta's market standing from an economic and game-theoretic point of view

  12. Develop highly scalable classifiers and tools leveraging machine learning, data regression, and rules based models

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

  1. Experience with research and/or work in machine learning, NLP, reinforcement learning, deep learning, recommendation systems, pattern recognition, signal processing, data mining, artificial intelligence, information retrieval, or computer vision

  2. Experience coding in one or more of the following: Java, C++, Perl, PHP, or Python

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

  1. Experience with large scale model training, implementing algorithms, and evaluating speech-based systems

  2. 3+ years experience as an Applied AI Research Scientist or an Applied AI Research Engineer

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

  4. PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or relevant technical field

  5. Experience with developing scalable machine learning models in at least one of the following areas: Crawling, indexing, extraction, retrieval, ranking, recommendations, measurement, tooling, evaluation, query understanding, planning, vector databases, or embeddings

  6. Experience evaluating alternative technical solutions by analyzing tradeoffs in performance, cost, and maintainability to recommend a path forward

  7. Experience taking ideas from research to production

  8. First author publications experience at peer-reviewed AI conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, CVPR, ICML, ICLR, ICCV, and ACL)

Public Compensation:

$219,000/year to $301,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Industry: Internet

Equal Opportunity:

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 [email protected].

How this job compares

Set against the 7,330 open AI Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 13, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$219–301K/yr
  • Washington median$144–229K/yr259 salary ranges
  • US median$131–235K/yr6,362 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $260K, is 32% above the Washington median midpoint ($197K) — in the top quarter of AI Engineer salary ranges in Washington.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 282 open AI Engineer jobs in Washington and 7,330 across the US. 9% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Washington
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; AI Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (6,427 postings).
Education
3,043 of the 7,330 open AI Engineer jobs (42%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 13, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.

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