Postdoctoral Researcher, Central Applied Science, Privacy Research (PhD)

Meta Platforms, Inc.
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Job Description

  • Assess potential opportunities and execute world-class research associated with privacy-preserving solutions.
  • Design and prototype new algorithms or mechanisms, optimization methods, and system architectures.
  • Derive theoretical formulations when necessary.
  • Implement new algorithms or mechanisms, deploy them into internal or open-sourced libraries and tooling platforms, and conduct empirical studies on internal datasets to showcase value for real world applications.
  • Publish research results in top-tier journals and at leading international conferences.
  • Establish collaborations and communications externally with academia and industry.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Currently has or is in the process of obtaining a PhD degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or similar quantitative field. Degree must be completed prior to joining Meta.
  • Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Degree must be completed prior to joining Meta.
  • Proven understanding of modern machine learning techniques and their mathematical underpinning.
  • Experience with at least one of the following privacy technologies: (i) Differential Privacy, (ii) Privacy Attacks and Auditing for ML model risks.
  • Must obtain work authorization in country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment.
  • Experience to communicate complex research for public audiences of peers.
  • First-author publications at peer-reviewed AI conferences (e.g. NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, etc.).
  • Proficiency designing and implementing analytical and/or algorithmic solutions, tailored to particular business needs and tested on large data sets.
  • Proficiency in Python.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience working and communicating cross functionally in a team environment.
  • Demonstrated software engineer experience via an internship, 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 first-authored publications at leading workshops or conferences such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, etc.
  • Experience working in an industry applied research environment.
  • Experience in training, fine-tuning, and/or experimenting with foundation models beyond black-box use.
  • Familiarity with one or more deep learning frameworks (e.g. PyTorch, TensorFlow, etc.).
  • Proficiency in C or C++.

Company Info.

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Meta Platforms (formerly known as Facebook Inc.) is a large technology company that was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg and several of his college roommates. The company is based in Menlo Park, California, and is primarily known for its flagship social media platform, Facebook. In addition to its consumer-facing products, Meta Platforms also offers a range of advertising and marketing services to businesses and organizations.

  • Industry
    Advertising,Consumer electronics,Social media Company,Artificial intelligence
  • No. of Employees
    76,000
  • Location
    1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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