Research Engineer, SysML

Research EngineerResearch EngineerFull TimeRemoteMid LevelTeam 10,001+Since 2004H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

4 days ago

Salary

$154.0K - $217K / year

Seniority

Mid Level

Job Description

Research Engineer, SysML

Meta

Role Description Meta is seeking Research Engineers to join Fundamental AI Research (FAIR). We are committed to advancing the field of artificial intelligence by making fundamental advances in technologies to help interact with and understand our world. We are seeking individuals passionate in solving systems challenges to sustainably accelerate our reach to human-level intelligence. Candidates will have an opportunity to make fundamental advances in systems and apply their ideas at an unprecedented scale. The mission of Meta FAIR's SysML research is to advance the state of AI through open science innovations. We explore, design, and build ML systems and infrastructures at scale with usability, efficiency, and sustainability as design principles. Some aspects of this role include: - Enabling distributed training at an unprecedented scale through advancements and development in training library and authoring components, such as cuBLAS, cuDNN, FlashAttention. - Training performance acceleration through hardware-software co-design. - Carry out cutting-edge research to advance the science and technology of machine learning systems. - Perform research that enables learning the semantics of data (images, video, text, audio, and other modalities). - Devise better data-driven models of AI system design and optimization. - Contribute research that leads to innovations in: - Scalable machine learning systems. - Resource-efficient AI data and algorithm scaling. - Neural network architectures. - Memory and energy-efficient AI systems. - Environmentally-sustainable AI system and hardware designs. - Collaborate with researchers and cross-functional partners including communicating research plans, progress, and results. - Publish research results and contribute to research that impacts Meta product development. Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience. - Master's degree in the field of Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. - 4+ years of domain-specific industry experience in areas related to development in systems, computer architectures, compiler and programming languages, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. - Experience with Python, C++, C, Rust or other related languages and with PyTorch framework. - Experience developing and optimizing systems for at-scale machine learning execution. - Experience devising data-driven models and real-system experiments and design implementation for AI system optimization. - Experience with scalable machine learning systems, resource-efficient AI data and algorithm scaling, or neural network architectures. - Experience solving complex problems and comparing alternative solutions, tradeoffs, and different perspectives to determine a path forward. - Experience working and communicating cross functionally in a team environment. Preferred Qualifications - PhD in the field of Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience. - Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies. - Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews). - Demonstrated research and software engineering experience via work experience, coding competitions, or widely used contributions in open source repositories (e.g. GitHub). - Proven track record of achieving significant results as demonstrated by grants, fellowships, patents, as well as publications at leading workshops, journals or conferences such as MLSys, ISCA, ASPLOS, HPCA, PLDI, CGO, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, or similar. - Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements). Benefits - $154,003/year to $217,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits.

Related Categories

Related Job Pages

More Research Engineer Jobs

Research Scientist / Engineer – Training Infrastructure

Luma

Luma’s mission is to build unified general intelligence that can generate, understand, and operate in the physical world. We believe that multimodality is critical for intelligence. To go beyond language models and build more aware, capable and useful systems, the next step function change will come from vision. We are working on training and scaling up multimodal foundation models for systems that can see and understand, show and explain, and eventually interact with our world to effect change.

Role Description The Training Infrastructure team at Luma is responsible for building and maintaining the distributed systems that enable training of our large-scale multimodal models across thousands of GPUs. This team ensures our researchers can focus on innovation while having access to reliable, efficient, and scalable training infrastructure that pushes the boundaries of what's possible in AI model development. We are looking for engineers with significant experience solving hard problems in PyTorch, CUDA and distributed systems. You will work alongside the rest of the research team to build & train cutting edge foundation models on thousands of GPUs that are built to scale from the ground up. Responsibilities - Design, implement, and optimize efficient distributed training systems for models with thousands of GPUs - Research and implement advanced parallelization techniques (FSDP, Tensor Parallel, Pipeline Parallel, Expert Parallel) - Build monitoring, visualization, and debugging tools for large-scale training runs - Optimize training stability, convergence, and resource utilization across massive clusters Qualifications - Extensive experience with distributed PyTorch training and parallelisms in foundation model training - Deep understanding of GPU clusters, networking, and storage systems - Familiarity with communication libraries (NCCL, MPI) and distributed system optimization - (Preferred) Strong Linux systems administration and scripting capabilities - (Preferred) Experience managing training runs across >100 GPUs - (Preferred) Experience with containerization, orchestration, and cloud infrastructure Company Description Luma’s mission is to build unified general intelligence that can generate, understand, and operate in the physical world. - We believe that multimodality is critical for intelligence. - To go beyond language models and build more aware, capable and useful systems, the next step function change will come from vision. - We are working on training and scaling up multimodal foundation models for systems that can see and understand, show and explain, and eventually interact with our world to effect change.

United States
$187.5K - $395K / year
SecurityScorecard logo

Senior Research Engineer, Threat Intelligence

SecurityScorecard

SecurityScorecard is the global leader in cybersecurity ratings.

Full TimeRemoteTeam 501-1,000Since 2013H1B Sponsor

• Own the path from research output to production-ready artifact: a detection rule, a distributed feed, a scoring input, or a customer alert • Build and maintain STRIKE platform components across multiple services and runtimes • Turn research into shipped detection content: YARA, Sigma, STIX patterns, behavioral indicators, and the pipelines that distribute them • Drive STIX 2.1 adoption as a unified output schema and TAXII 2.1 as a distribution standard • Build the automation that removes commodity overhead from research work • Coordinate with engineering, measurement, and platform product teams so research actually lands in product

Pennsylvania
$140K - $150K / year
SecurityScorecard logo

Senior Research Engineer, Threat Intelligence

SecurityScorecard

SecurityScorecard is the global leader in cybersecurity ratings.

Full TimeRemoteTeam 501-1,000Since 2013H1B Sponsor

• Own the path from research output to production-ready artifact • Partner with adjacent teams to define clean handoff contracts • Build and maintain STRIKE platform components across multiple services and runtimes • Turn research into shipped detection content • Drive STIX 2.1 adoption as a unified output schema • Build automation for research workflows • Coordinate with engineering, measurement, and platform product teams

United States
$140K - $150K / year
Inspira Education logo

Veterinary Research Mentor

Inspira Education

Inspira Education Group is one of the fastest-growing edtech startups in the US. We started with a simple mission to democratize access to high-quality coaching so that every student in the world has an equal opportunity to access the best opportunities. As the world’s leading network of top admissions coaches in medical, legal, business, and college studies, we’re building software and services in one place—disrupting long-entrenched application processes with products and experiences that strive to provide an equal platform for candidates from diverse backgrounds worldwide. As one of the fastest-growing edtech firms in the world, we are backed by some of the leading venture capital firms and investors in the world, including Zeev Ventures, Quiet Capital, Craft Ventures, Jeff Fluhr (Founder of Stubhub), and David Sacks (Former COO of PayPal and Founder of Yammer).

Part TimeRemoteTeam 11-50

Role Description We are looking for a Veterinary Research Mentor to support high-achieving pre-vet students through the development and completion of original literature-based research projects in veterinary medicine, animal science, and related disciplines. If you hold a DVM, PhD, or both and are passionate about mentorship, this role is an excellent fit. This is a part-time, remote, 1099 contract role that can be based anywhere in the United States or Canada. - Mentor undergraduate students through the full research process, from topic selection and literature review to manuscript development and final deliverables - Guide students in developing feasible, high-quality research questions aligned with their academic and career goals - Provide structured feedback on research plans, literature synthesis, and written research drafts - Help students understand research standards and discipline-specific expectations - Support students pursuing outcomes such as academic papers, posters, or journal submissions, depending on program scope - Track progress against defined milestones and timelines to ensure consistent forward momentum Qualifications - DVM, PhD, or both in Veterinary Medicine, Animal Science, Biomedical Sciences, or a related field - Demonstrated experience conducting academic or veterinary research - Strong background in literature review, research methodology, and scientific writing - Experience mentoring students or trainees - Excellent written and verbal communication skills - Strong planning, organization, and project management skills - A passion for mentorship and student development Company Description Inspira Education Group is one of the fastest-growing edtech startups in the US. We started with a simple mission to democratize access to high-quality coaching so that every student in the world has an equal opportunity to access the best opportunities. As the world’s leading network of top admissions coaches in medical, legal, business, and college studies, we’re building software and services in one place—disrupting long-entrenched application processes with products and experiences that strive to provide an equal platform for candidates from diverse backgrounds worldwide. As one of the fastest-growing edtech firms in the world, we are backed by some of the leading venture capital firms and investors in the world, including Zeev Ventures, Quiet Capital, Craft Ventures and Jeff Fluhr (Founder of Stubhub).

United States + 1 moreAll locations: United States | Canada