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Research Engineer - Meta Superintelligence Labs (Technical Leadership)

Meta

Location

Menlo Park, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

8/19/2026

Compensation

$219,000 - $301,000 a year

Master's with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202698.3% approval-86% YoY
👑 Elite sponsor

Job description

Meta is looking for a hands-on technical leader to drive advancements in Personal Superintelligence within Meta Superintelligence Labs. This role involves transforming complex, real-world product challenges into effective systems and measurable enhancements in frontier-model capabilities. The position requires collaboration across various teams, including research, product, design, and engineering, to deliver impactful results within defined timelines. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in machine learning and AI, with a focus on large language models and agent capabilities.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
  • 6 years of experience in machine learning engineering, AI research, software engineering, or a related field
  • 4 years of providing technical leadership for complex, multi-person projects
  • Experience in developing or improving frontier-quality large language models or related foundation models
  • Deep, hands-on experience with state-of-the-art LLM post-training, data generation, evaluation, experimentation, and model behavior analysis
  • Track record of solving ambiguous, real-world problems and delivering measurable impact within defined timelines
  • Ability to work independently, lead across functions, and adapt quickly as evidence and priorities evolve

Responsibilities

  • Work hands-on across the full LLM post-training stack
  • Build high-quality training data and design and run rigorous, product-relevant evaluations
  • Execute, analyze, and iterate on large-scale post-training runs
  • Own end-to-end model capability hill-climbing, from identifying gaps through data, training strategy, evaluation, deployment, and product feedback
  • Advance long-horizon agent capabilities, including tool use, full-stack coding, search, planning, and personalization
  • Develop realistic harnesses, environments, and evaluations for agentive tasks spanning code understanding, implementation, testing, debugging, and tool use
  • Research improved training, evaluation, synthetic-data generation, and data curation strategies
  • Translate ambiguous user and product needs into tractable research questions, technical plans, and measurable outcomes
  • Lead complex cross-functional projects end-to-end while remaining deeply involved in implementation, experimentation, and analysis

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.

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Meta Platforms Inc

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

219

FY2026

Approval rate

98.3%

FY2026

LCA certified

6,606

FY2026

Entry-level share

1.9%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

-86%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

-27%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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