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Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Meta

223k - 240k USD/year

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Menlo Park, CA

Full Time

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. To apply, click “Apply to Job” online on this web page.Senior Machine Learning Engineer Responsibilities
  • Lead a team of engineers to build the recommendation product of Short Videos in Facebook Newsfeed, help them unblock, and advocate for ML excellence.
  • Architect, design, implement, and test large-scale distributed recommendation systems end-to-end (including inventory design, content retrieval, ranking stages, delivery, & ML infra) leveraging artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, reinforcement learning, neural networks, data regression.
  • Develop ML models, ML systems, ML infrastructure and software applications using Python, C++, PHP, Hack, shell scripts, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Spark, Presto.
  • Adapt standard machine learning methods to best exploit modern parallel environments including distributed clusters, multi core SMP, and GPU.
  • Interface with 5+ cross-functional teams and partner teams of data scientists, product managers, frontend engineers, systems/infra engineers to collaborate on and launch cross-organizational projects.
Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field and 1 year of experience in the job offered or in a computer-related occupation.
  • Requires 1 year of experience in the following:
  • 1. Machine Learning Framework(s): PyTorch, MXNet, or Tensorflow
  • 2. Machine learning, recommendation systems, ranking systems, computer vision, natural language processing, data mining, or distributed systems
  • 3. Translating insights into business recommendations
  • 4. Hadoop/HBase/Pig or MapReduce/Sawzall/Bigtable/Spark
  • 5. Developing and debugging in programming languages: C/C++, Java, Perl, Python, PHP, Haskell, and/or Shell Scripts
  • 6. Relational databases and SQL
  • 7. Linux, UNIX, or other *nix-like OS including file manipulation and simple commands
  • 8. Building highly-scalable performant solutions
  • 9. Distributed systems including sharding, consistency, and availability and
  • 10. Data structures and algorithms
  • 11. Developing machine learning ranking models with Two Tower Sparse Neural Networks, Multi-Task Multi-Label Neural Networks, and ID-based Two Tower Models
  • 12. Recommendation and ML technologies including Collaborative Filtering, Maximal Marginal Relevance, and Determinantal Point Processes
  • 13. A/B testing and experimentation analysis
For those who live in or expect to work from California if hired for this position, please click here for additional information. 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.
$222,772/year to $240,240/year + bonus + equity + 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.

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Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Office

Menlo Park, CA

Full Time

223k - 240k USD/year

August 8, 2025

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