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Research Engineer, Text Data Research - MSL FAIR

Meta

Location

Menlo Park, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

5/6/2026

Compensation

$154,003 - $217,000 a year

Undergraduate Entry-Level
Master's Entry-Level
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Job description

Meta is looking for AI research engineers to build the data foundation for advanced Large Language Models (LLMs). The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams, architecting data curation systems, and improving data workflows for LLM development.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
  • 1+ year of industry research experience in LLM/NLP or related AI/ML models
  • Experience owning and/or driving complex technical projects from end-to-end
  • Practical experience with pre-training or mid-training data curation for large foundational models
  • Demonstrated data infrastructure and software background, and experience building data tooling and services
  • Published research in leading peer-reviewed conferences or demonstrated significant industry influence in the field of AI

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop Meta’s next foundational models
  • Architect efficient and scalable data curation systems and pipelines
  • Fundamentally improve our data velocity across workflows and projects by contributing to the advancement of data tooling
  • Execute on high priority projects in pre-training, mid-training, or post-training data curation
  • Apply specialized expertise in agentic data, synthetic data, reasoning data, web parser, coding data, data scaling laws, or datamix optimization
  • Lead complex technical projects end-to-end

Benefits

  • Employees at Meta are often offered comprehensive benefits, including medical/dental/vision coverage, mental-health resources, family planning support (fertility, adoption, surrogacy), and caregiving programs. Financial benefits typically include a competitive retirement plan, equity awards, life insurance, and access to financial coaching and legal support. Time-off benefits commonly feature generous PTO and holidays, unlimited sick time, various paid leaves, flexible “Global Travel Days,” and a 30-day paid break every five years.

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