AI Research Engineer, FOA Media Foundation: Meta

80+% of all internet traffic is video and images. The Media Core - Video team is a high-impact group with a wide scope, enhancing the video consumption experience of billions of users across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Edits daily. We lead efforts in developing algorithms and metrics to enhance visual-quality at scale, state-art camera/graphics on client, and delivery, encoding and production of hundreds of millions of videos/day. We have demonstrated business impact across all above business verticals, while managing an optimal compute/storage footprint.

We are actively hiring AI/ML experts to push the boundaries on visual compression and processing at Meta scale. This is a high-energy team that has had multiple business impacts across FOA videos, and we are now gearing towards the next step-change in user experience.
AI Research Engineer, FOA Media Foundation Responsibilities
Use expertise in image/video models to accelerate the frontiers of AI-based video compression and enhancement
Design and implement ML-based quality metrics and metadata for traditional and novel audio/video processing use cases, pre/post processing and GenAI videos
Build and optimize smart composition (ML, CV, and AI) and rendering for Calling, Creators (Edits) and native/Ads videos
Create and refine intelligent algorithms to improve video quality for calling and video conferencing
Drive cross-functional impact across the end-to-end stack to maximize multimedia quality, from ingest to delivery
Push state-art on video enhancement (super-resolution, restoration, SDR-HDR, frame-rate conversion etc.)
Minimum Qualifications
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
1+ year of industry experience as a researcher/specialist in computer vision, neural compression, or related AI/ML domain
Extensive experience working with with video and/or image models
Programming experience in Python and hands-on experience with frameworks like PyTorch or Spark
Preferred Qualifications
Expertise in video/image codecs, processing, compression, and/or enhancement
Masters degree or PhD in Computer Science, AI/ML, or a relevant technical field
Demonstrated significant industry influence in the field of AI and/or published research in leading peer-reviewed conferences (e.g., ACL, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, AAAI, KDD, CVPR, ICCV)
About Meta
Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.