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Core Data Science Intern, Product Algorithms (PhD)
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We are looking for research interns to join the Product Algorithms team in Core Data Science. Core Data Science is an interdisciplinary team of quantitative scientists that aims to deliver research and innovation that fundamentally increase the magnitude of Facebook's successes. By applying your expertise in quantitative methods, you will be empowered to drive impact across a range of products, infrastructure and operational use cases at Facebook.
Core Data Science Intern, Product Algorithms (PhD) Responsibilities
- Work closely with a product engineering team to identify and answer important product questions
- Answer product questions by using appropriate statistical techniques on available data
- Communicate findings to product managers and engineers
- Drive the collection of new data and the refinement of existing data sources
- Analyze and interpret the results of product experiments
- Develop best practices for instrumentation and experimentation and communicate those to product engineering teams
Minimum Qualifications
- Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining, a PhD degree in CS or related technical field
- Extensive experience solving analytical problems using quantitative approaches
- Comfort manipulating and analyzing complex, high-volume, high-dimensionality data from varying sources
- A strong passion for empirical research and for answering hard questions with data
- A flexible analytic approach that allows for results at varying levels of precision
- Ability to communicate complex quantitative analysis in a clear, precise, and actionable manner
- Strong knowledge of an analysis tool such as Python or R
- Experience working with large data sets, experience working with distributed computing tools a plus (Map/Reduce, Hadoop, Hive, etc.)
- Experience using machine learning and deep learning frameworks, such as PyTorch, TensorFlow or scikit-learn
- Must obtain work authorization in country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment
- Must be currently enrolled in a full-time degree program and returning to the program after the completion of the internship/co-op
Preferred Qualifications
- Publications in top-tier Machine Learning, AI, computer science, statistics, applied mathematics, data science, or related technical fields
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(Colorado only*) Minimum salary of $7,200/year + bonus + equity + benefits
*Note: Disclosure as required by sb19-085(8-5-20)
*Note: Disclosure as required by sb19-085(8-5-20)
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