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Research Scientist Intern, GenAI Safety (PhD)

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San Francisco, CAInternship$7,650–12,667/moSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$7,650–12,667/mo
Location
San Francisco, CA
Role Type
Internship
Schedule
Internship
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Doctorate

Job overview

Meta seeks a Research Scientist Intern to advance generative AI through research and algorithm development, with a focus on safety and robustness. The internship offers an opportunity to make core algorithmic advances and apply research at scale. Interns collaborate with researchers and cross-functional partners, and disseminate and publish results that can contribute to Meta product development.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Machine Learning ResearchDeep LearningComputer VisionNatural Language ProcessingPythonC++CJavaPyTorchTensorFlowPrivacy and Safety ResearchCross-Functional CommunicationOptimizationStatisticsApplied MathematicsData ScienceQuantitative AnalysisML ExperimentationLarge-Scale Data Analysis

Qualifications

Work Authorization at HirePhDFirst-Authored PublicationsGrants, Fellowships, or Patents

Full job description

Summary:

Meta was built to help people connect and share, and over the last decade our tools have played a critical part in changing how people around the world communicate with one another. With over a billion people using the service and more than fifty offices around the globe, a career at Meta offers countless ways to make an impact in a fast growing organization.Meta is seeking Research Interns to join our Generative AI efforts. We are committed to advancing the field of artificial intelligence by making fundamental advances in technologies to help interact with and understand our world. We are seeking individuals passionate in areas such as deep learning, computer vision, audio and speech processing, natural language processing, machine learning, reinforcement learning, computational statistics, and applied mathematics. Our interns have an opportunity to make core algorithmic advances and apply their ideas at an unprecedented scale.Our internships are twelve (12) to twenty-four (24) weeks long and we have various start dates throughout the year.

Required Skills:

Research Scientist Intern, GenAI Safety (PhD) Responsibilities:

  1. Develop novel state-of-the-art generative AI algorithms and corresponding systems, leveraging various deep learning techniques.

  2. Help analyze and improve safety and robustness of corresponding deployed algorithms based on the project.

  3. Perform research to advance the science and technology of intelligent machines.

  4. Collaborate with researchers and cross-functional partners including communicating research plans, progress, and results.

  5. Disseminate research results.

  6. Publish research results and contribute to research that can be applied to Meta product development.

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

  1. Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment

  2. Research experience in machine learning, deep learning, computer vision and/or natural language processing

  3. Experience with Python, C++, C, Java or other related languages

  4. Experience with deep learning frameworks such as Pytorch or Tensorflow

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

  1. Direct experience in privacy/ safety related research

  2. 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 NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, IEEE S&P, CCS, or similar

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

  4. Publications or experience in machine learning, AI, computer vision, optimization, computer science, statistics, applied mathematics, or data science

  5. Experience solving analytical problems using quantitative approaches

  6. Experience setting up ML experiments and analyzing their results

  7. Experience manipulating and analyzing complex, large scale, high-dimensionality data from varying sources

Public Compensation:

$7,650/month to $12,667/month + 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 2,170 open Research Scientist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$7,650–12,667/mo
  • California median$183–273K/yr498 salary ranges
  • US median$34–45/hr42 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 723 open Research Scientist jobs in California and 2,170 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
Research Scientist postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 6 years (1,146 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a doctorate or professional degree; 774 of the 2,170 open Research Scientist jobs (36%) ask for a doctorate or professional degree.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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