Visiting Researcher, Berkeley AI Research (BAIR) Full Time

Meta is seeking Visiting Researchers through a short-term contract to join Meta AI. About Meta AI: We are committed to advancing the field of artificial intelligence by making fundamental advances in scientific methods and 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, and computational statistics. This position is short-term employment for PhD students during the academic school year who will work in collaboration with Meta and University of California, Berkeley, and requires the student to work onsite in the Meta office. The position will be full time during Berkeley’s summer break in 2025.

Visiting Researcher, Berkeley AI Research (BAIR) Responsibilities

• Perform research to advance the science and technology of intelligent systems.
• Perform research that improves computational understanding and representation of data.
• Devise data-driven models of human behavior.
• Influence progress of relevant research communities by producing publications.
• Collaborate and increase productivity on existing research projects.

Minimum Qualifications

• Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Degree must be completed prior to joining Meta.
• Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining, a PhD degree in a technical field such as Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.
• Knowledge in Machine Learning.
• Knowledge in a programming language.
• Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building systems based on machine learning and/or deep learning methods.
• Research and software engineer experience demonstrated via an internship, work experience, coding competitions, or open-source contributions.
• Knowledge in Python, Lua, C++, C, C# and/or Java.