Meta - Springfield, IL
posted 2 months ago
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta), formerly known as Facebook Inc., is at the forefront of building technologies that facilitate connections, foster communities, and enhance business growth. Since its inception in 2004, Facebook has revolutionized the way individuals interact. With the introduction of applications and services such as Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp, Meta has empowered billions globally. Currently, the company is transitioning from traditional 2D screens to immersive experiences, including augmented and virtual reality, to shape the future of social technology. As a Software Engineer specializing in Machine Learning, you will play a pivotal role in this evolution by researching, designing, developing, and testing advanced operating systems-level software, compilers, and network distribution software tailored for massive social data and predictive analytics. In this role, you will tackle a variety of ranking, classification, recommendation, and optimization challenges, such as payment fraud detection, click-through or conversion rate prediction, and spam detection. You will be responsible for developing highly scalable systems and algorithms that leverage deep learning, data regression, and rules-based models. Your work will involve suggesting, collecting, analyzing, and synthesizing requirements to identify bottlenecks in technology, systems, and tools. You will also be expected to develop solutions that significantly enhance efficiency and explore cutting-edge deep learning techniques. Collaboration is key in this position, as you will receive general instructions from your supervisor and work closely with the engineering team to deliver code. You will adapt standard machine learning methods to optimize performance in modern parallel environments, including distributed clusters and GPU setups. This position offers the flexibility of telecommuting from anywhere in the United States, allowing you to contribute to Meta's mission from a location that suits you.