Research Scientist Intern, AI Core Machine Learning (PhD)
Menlo Park, CAInternship$7,650–12,667/moSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Meta seeks Research Interns to advance AI and machine learning research for Monetization Ranking & AI Foundations, including ranking, retrieval, model architecture, representation learning, and optimization. Interns collaborate with researchers and engineers, develop and evaluate research innovations, publish findings, and contribute to work applicable to Meta products. Internships last 12 to 16 weeks, or 24 weeks, with various start dates throughout the year.
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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 Monetization Ranking & AI Foundations where we strive to serve the best personalized ads to people, maximizing their personal utility and advertiser value. We are committed to making fundamental advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies that can be applied to all aspects of Monetization, including but not limited to, ranking, retrieval, supply, model architecture, representation learning, optimization, and generally a deep understanding of the users, ads, and any signals and contents related to their interactions.Our interns closely collaborate with researchers and engineers within the organization and across the company (e.g., FAIR), push the boundaries of state-of-the-art research in AI and ML, share the latest findings through top-tier publications and open source, and integrate innovations at an unprecedented scale.Our internships are twelve (12) to sixteen (16), or twenty-four (24) weeks long and we have various start dates throughout the year.
Required Skills:
Research Scientist Intern, AI Core Machine Learning (PhD) Responsibilities:
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Conduct state-of-the-art research to advance the science and technology of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.
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Develop novel algorithms and corresponding systems, leveraging various AI and ML techniques.
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Analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of corresponding deployed algorithms.
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Collaborate with researchers and engineers across varied disciplines, including communicating research plans, progress, and results.
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Publish research results and contribute to research that can be applied to Meta product development.
Minimum Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:
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Currently has or is in the process of obtaining a Ph.D. degree in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Information or Multimedia Retrieval, Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing, Reinforcement Learning, Optimization, Computational Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or related technical fields
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Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment
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Experience with deep learning frameworks such as Pytorch or Tensorflow
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Experience with Python, C++, C, Java, or other related languages
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Experience with research and building systems based on machine learning and/or deep learning methods
Preferred Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
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Intent to return to degree program after the completion of the internship/co-op
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Proven track record of achieving significant research results as demonstrated by grants, fellowships, patents, as well as first-authored publications at leading workshops or conferences such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, AAAI, KDD, IJCAI, CVPR, ICCV, ACL, NAACL, ICASSP, or similar
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Demonstrated software engineer experience via an internship, work experience, coding competitions, or widely used contributions in open source repositories (e.g. GitHub)
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Demonstrated experience and self-driven motivation in solving analytical problems using quantitative approaches
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Experience manipulating and analyzing complex, high-volume, high-dimensionality data from varying sources for large-scale training
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Experience working and communicating cross functionally in a team environment
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 2,164 open Research Scientist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 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 721 open Research Scientist jobs in California and 2,164 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- 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 (1,145 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a doctorate or professional degree; 773 of the 2,164 open Research Scientist jobs (36%) ask for a doctorate or professional degree.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 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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