Job Description

Meta is seeking a Linguistic Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of linguistic engineers in designing and developing datasets, models, and representations across Asian / Indian languages, knowledge, and evaluation systems that drive our AI multimodal assistant. You will communicate a mission and strategy for your team, aligned with organizational objectives and key business outcomes. In collaboration with cross-functional teams, you will drive the development of innovative solutions, leveraging experience in dataset creation/collection, evaluation methodologies, and model enhancements to advance AI products, including Large Language Models. A key aspect of this role is leadership and talent development, fostering an environment of collaboration and guiding team members to success.
Linguistic Engineering Manager Responsibilities
Develop and execute a comprehensive Linguistic Engineering roadmap, aligning with organizational AI objectives and deliverables
Strategically plan and implement technical initiatives to advance AI voice assistants programs
Drive projects from conceptualization through launch and beyond with continual improvement and support
Drive advancements in conversational AI systems across the full AI-Assistant stack
Communicate complex technical information, changes, risks, and results with utmost clarity to executive leadership, stakeholders, and partners
Manage project timelines, resource allocation, and team staffing to ensure timely and successful delivery of projects
Partner with project stakeholders and collaborate seamlessly with cross-functional teams
Provide technical and scientific guidance to team members and partners, promoting best practices and knowledge sharing
Mentor the growth of linguists and managers to amplify their contributions
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Systems Engineering or equivalent experience
8+ years of work experience as data scientist, software engineer, computational linguist or in a similar role
3+ years of experience directly managing a team of data scientists, software engineers, or computational linguists or similar
Experience with programming and data analysis with languages and platforms such as Python, Jupyter, and SQL
Experience in shipping and evaluating AI/ML-based products
Experience with text analysis, scripting, relational database, No SQL databases or similar
Experience recruiting and managing technical teams, including performance management
Demonstrated experience collaborating with other internal and external teams
Experience shipping multiple products across various platforms
Preferred Qualifications
Familiarity with version control, unit tests, and other programming best practices
5+ years of relevant industry experience managing technical teams as part of a consumer-facing application
Master's or PhD with a specialization in Computational Linguistics, AI, speech programs, natural language processing, or machine learning, or related fields
5+ years of experience directly managing a technical team
Experience with larger scripting projects that involve combining language data from different sources, computing complex metrics over large datasets, etc
Demonstrated understanding of the relationship between data and large language models
10+ years of work experience as data scientist/software engineer/computational linguist, with experience in conversational AI, conducting scaled experiments and evaluations tied to product/user experience improvements
Proficiency in additional languages
Experience designing and conducting data experiments
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.
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