Senior Software Specialist - AI/ML - Monetisation

Ads is the largest revenue generator at Meta and Ads Quality represents around 20% of total revenues which are used to generate long term ads and organic engagement.Core Ads Quality is a unique team jointly optimizing for both quality and revenue, aiming at making this investment more revenue / quality trade-off efficient and generate long term revenue growth through user learning. Among others, Core Ads Quality focuses on:Finding the right trade-off between short and long term revenuesStandardising and optimise quality treatment of ads across surfaces and page typesUnderstanding user behaviour with respect to ads qualityBuilding a solid infrastructure around signals, labels and quality metricsWe work at the intersection of Ads, Machine Learning and User Behaviour understanding. The nature of our work is very analytical, with a solid collaboration with our Data Scientist and a heavy focus on not only understand “what” but also “why”. Despite having been created a couple of years ago, the Ads Quality space at Meta is still nascent and full of unexploited opportunities. The organization is further structured into the following teams/sub-pillars:Integrity & Efficiency: Proactively cover long-term revenue risks from advertiser friction while supporting XI with delivery expertise.Ads Conversion Familiarity: Accelerate Non-Purchaser (NP) -> Purchaser (P) transition by increasing familiarity of ads for users who don't interact with ads frequentlyPost-Click Quality: Stop Purchaser (P) - >Non purchaser (NP) user conversions from bad purchase experiences.Modelling: Enhance quality and drive long-term revenue growth through modelling.Quality Science: Build the foundational end to end understanding for funnel quality signals to ensure its the efficiency, health and coverage.The team has consistently hit their goals and delivered XXXM$ in incremental long term revenue for Meta while ensuring high ads quality.

Senior Software Specialist - AI/ML - Monetisation Responsibilities:

• Drive the team's goals and technical direction to pursue opportunities that make your larger organization more efficient
• Effectively communicate complex features and systems in detail
• Understand industry and company-wide trends to help assess & develop new technologies
• Partner and collaborate with organization leaders to help improve the level of performance of the team and organization
• Identify new opportunities for the larger organization and influence the appropriate people for staffing/prioritizing these new ideas
• Lead long term technical strategy and roadmap for large cross-company efforts
• Suggest, collect and synthesize requirements and create an effective feature and technology roadmap

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience developing machine learning algorithms or machine learning infrastructure in Python, PyTorch, and/or C/C++
• Bachelor in Artificial Intelligence (AI), computer science, related technical fields, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience in bringing research results into production
• Proven track record of planning multi-year roadmap in which short-term projects ladder to the long-term mission
• Experience utilizing data and analysis to explain technical problems and provide detailed feedback and solutions
• Experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions
• Experience in manipulating and analyzing complex, high-volume data from varying sources
• Large experience with machine learning / AI technologies

Preferred Qualifications:

• PhD in Artificial Intelligence (AI), computer science, related technical fields, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience in Reinforcement Learning, GenAI, Large Language Models, etc
• Experience in Ads, especially in auction theory and implementation (bidding, budgeting, targeting)
• Experience in User Behaviour modellling, Long-term Value optimization or Causal Learning

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.

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.