Research Scientist, Systems ML - SW/HW Co-Design - Inference

Company: Meta
Location: San Jose
Posted on: February 22, 2025

Job Description:

Research Scientist, Systems ML - SW/HW Co-Design - InferenceMeta is seeking a Research Scientist to join our Research & Development teams. The ideal candidate will have industry experience working on AI Infrastructure related topics. The position will involve taking these skills and applying them to solve for some of the most crucial & exciting problems that exist on the web. We are hiring in multiple locations.The Kernel team focuses on maximizing the inference performance for Generative AI and Recommendation models by developing high-performance kernels. Our expertise lies in creating specialized kernels that significantly improve the efficiency of these models. We have successfully developed and deployed the first FP8 kernel in Meta's production, as well as FBGEMM TBE.The E2E Performance team is dedicated to optimizing the end-to-end performance of Generative AI and Recommendation models. We employ various parallelism strategies and distributed inference techniques to enhance TTIT and TTFT for LLM and LDM. By relentlessly pursuing performance improvements, we have achieved notable successes such as enabling the utilization of AMD GPUs for GenAI production applications and subsequently optimizing their performance.Responsibilities

• Apply relevant AI infrastructure and hardware acceleration techniques to build & optimize our intelligent ML systems that improve Meta's products and experiences.
• Develop high performance kernels and different parallelism techniques to improve E2E performance.
• Goal setting related to project impact, AI system design, and infrastructure/developer efficiency.
• Directly or influencing partners to deliver impact through deep, thorough data-driven analysis.
• Drive large efforts across multiple teams.
• Define use cases, and develop methodology & benchmarks to evaluate different approaches.
• Apply in-depth knowledge of how the ML infra interacts with the other systems around it.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.
• Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining, a PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Vision, Generative AI, NLP, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Degree must be completed prior to joining Meta.
• Specialized experience in one or more of the following machine learning/deep learning domains: Model compression, hardware accelerators architecture, GPU architecture, machine learning compilers, or ML systems, AI infrastructure, high performance computing, performance optimizations, or Machine learning frameworks (e.g. PyTorch), numerics and SW/HW co-design.
• Experience developing AI-System infrastructure or AI algorithms in C/C++ or Python.
• Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment.Preferred Qualifications
• Experience or knowledge of training/inference of Large scale AI models.
• Experience or knowledge of distributed systems or on-device algorithm development.
• Experience or knowledge of recommendation and ranking models.About MetaMeta 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.Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
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