Research Engineer, Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) - Generative Models/LLM Acceleration

Responsibilities

• check_circle Innovate, lead, and execute pioneering algorithmic research to push the state-of-the-art in generative models and LLM performance
• check_circle Directly contribute to the experimental process, including designing details, implementing reusable code, running evaluations, and organizing results
• check_circle Collaborate with cross-functional teams (research, product, infra) to build new and advance LLM optimization
• check_circle Analyze and optimize code for quality, efficiency, and performance, and provide feedback to peers during code reviews
• check_circle Lead initiatives, provide technical guidance and mentorship to peers, and help onboard new team members
• check_circle Take a significant role in components, features, or systems with good end-to-end understanding
• check_circle Contribute to publications, open-sourcing initiatives, and mentor other team members

Basic qualifications

• Master's degree or higher in a relevant technical field (e.g., Computer Science, Machine Learning, AI, or related discipline)
• 6+ years of experience in machine learning, deep learning, or AI research, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience designing and implementing large-scale model training pipelines using frameworks such as PyTorch or JAX
• Experience with distributed computing and parallel training techniques including data parallelism, model parallelism, or pipeline parallelism
• Experience debugging and optimizing AI systems for performance, reliability, and correctness across the full model lifecycle

Preferred qualifications

• Experience building evaluation frameworks and benchmarking pipelines to measure model quality and capability regressions
• Experience with large language model pretraining, fine-tuning, post-training, or inference optimization
• Track record of contributions to peer-reviewed AI research publications or open-source AI frameworks

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