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Research Scientist Intern, AI Alignment

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Seattle, WAInternship$7,650–12,667/moSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$7,650–12,667/mo
Location
Seattle, WA
Role Type
Internship
Schedule
Internship
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Doctorate

Job overview

Meta Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) seeks Research Scientist Interns to advance AI alignment and machine learning systems. Interns pursue an open research question from problem framing through experimentation to publication, driving their own projects with mentorship. The work spans areas including reasoning, evaluation, robustness, safety, privacy, and AI governance. Internships last 12 to 24 weeks, with start dates throughout the year.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Deep LearningPythonC++CJavaPyTorchTensorFlowMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingComputer VisionReinforcement LearningStatisticsQuantitative AnalysisLarge-Scale ML SystemsLarge Dataset TrainingResearch CommunicationCross-Functional Collaboration

Qualifications

PhD in Relevant Technical FieldFirst-Author Publication RecordReturn to Degree ProgramSignificant Research ResultsSoftware Engineering Experience

Full job description

Summary:

Meta Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) is looking for Research Scientist Interns to advance the science of AI alignment and ML systems. Our teams work on making AI systems more reliable, efficient, more measurable, and better aligned with human intent- spanning reasoning and agents, evaluation and robustness, efficiency, safety and security, privacy, world modeling, and the societal dimensions of AI governance.In this role you will embed with a world-class, multi-disciplinary team of research scientists and engineers to pursue an open research question end to end- from problem framing through experimentation to publication. Interns are expected to drive their own project with mentorship, not execute a predefined task list.Applicants from a broad range of technical backgrounds are encouraged to apply, including machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, reinforcement learning, statistics, and the social sciences as applied to AI systems. 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, AI Alignment Responsibilities:

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

  2. Analyze and improve various aspects of the corresponding algorithms and systems, including efficiency, scalability, stability, fairness, security, and privacy

  3. Perform state of the art research to advance the science and technology of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

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

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

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

  1. Currently has or is in the process of obtaining a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, or relevant technical field

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

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

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

  5. First-author publication record at a top-tier ML or NLP or Systems venue (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, CVPR, ICCV, MLSys) or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

  1. Intent to return to degree program after the completion of the internship/co-op

  2. Proven track record of achieving significant results as demonstrated by grants, fellowships, patents, as well as publications at leading workshops or conferences such as NeurIPS, ICLR, AAAI, RecSys, KDD, IJCAI, CVPR, ECCV, ACL, NAACL, EACL, ICASSP, CCS, IEEE S&P, MLSys, or similar

  3. Demonstrated experience and self-driven motivation in solving analytical problems using quantitative approaches

  4. Experience building large-scale machine learning systems and training with large datasets

  5. Experience communicating complex research in a clear, precise, and actionable manner

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

  7. 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 2,289 open Research Scientist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$7,650–12,667/mo
  • Washington median$167–246K/yr112 salary ranges
  • US median$34–48/hr45 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 169 open Research Scientist jobs in Washington and 2,289 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Washington
Experience
Research Scientist postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 6 years (1,264 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a doctorate or professional degree; 821 of the 2,289 open Research Scientist jobs (36%) ask for a doctorate or professional degree.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 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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