Software Engineer, Machine Learning

Software Engineer, Machine Learning at Meta in Boise, Idaho, United States Job Description Summary: Meta is embarking on the most transformative change to its business and technology in company history, and our Machine Learning Engineers are at the forefront of this evolution. By leading crucial projects and initiatives that have never been done before, you have an opportunity to help us advance the way people connect around the world. The ideal candidate will have industry experience working on a range of recommendation, classification, and optimization problems. You will bring the ability to own the whole ML life cycle, define projects and drive excellence across teams. You will work alongside the world's leading engineers and researchers to solve some of the most exciting and massive social data and prediction problems that exist on the web. Required Skills: Software Engineer, Machine Learning Responsibilities: 1. Play a critical role in setting the direction and goals for a sizable team, in terms of project impact, ML system design, and ML excellence 2. Adapt standard machine learning methods to best exploit modern parallel environments (e.g., distributed clusters, multicore SMP, and GPU) 3. Re-evaluate the tradeoffs of already shipped features/ML systems, and you are able to drive large efforts across multiple teams to reduce technical debt, designing from first principles when appropriate 4. Leading a team from a technical perspective to develop ML best practices and influence engineering culture 5. Be a go-to person to escalate the most complex online/production performance and evaluation issues, that require an in depth knowledge of how the machine learning system interacts with systems around it 6. Develop highly scalable classifiers and tools leveraging machine learning, data regression, and rules based models 7. Suggest, collect and synthesize requirements and create effective feature roadmap 8. Code deliverables in tandem with the engineering team Minimum Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications: 9. 6+ years of experience in software engineering, or a relevant field. 4+ years of experience if you have a PhD 10. 2+ years of experience in one or more of the following areas: machine learning, recommendation systems, pattern recognition, data mining, artificial intelligence, or related technical field 11. Experience with developing machine learning models at scale from inception to business impact 12. Knowledge developing and debugging in C/C++ and Java, or experience with scripting languages such as Python, Perl, PHP, and/or shell scripts 13. Experience demonstrating technical leadership working with teams, owning projects, defining and setting technical direction for projects 14. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Preferred Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications: 15. Masters degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field 16. Exposure to architectural patterns of large scale software applications Public Compensation: $172,994/year to $241,000/year + bonus + equity + 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, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. You may view our Equal Employment Opportunity notice here. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. We may use your information to maintain the safety and security of Meta, its employees, and others as required or permitted by law. You may view Meta's Pay Transparency Policy, Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law notice, and Notice to Applicants for Employment and Employees by clicking on their corresponding links. Additionally, Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law To view full details and how to apply, please login or create a Job Seeker account