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Facebook is seeking a Research Scientist to join the Operations, Economics and Computation Group within the Core Data Science team.Individuals in this role are expected to be comfortable working as a software engineer and a quantitative researcher, and have a passion for solving real-world problems.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with engineering teams to identify and answer important product and business questions
- Answer product and business questions by using appropriate optimization, game theoretical, and 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
Minimum Qualifications
- PhD in computer science, operations research, operations management, economics or related fields or 4+ years experience in a related role
- Extensive experience solving analytical problems using quantitative approaches
- Comfort manipulating and analyzing complex, high-volume, high-dimensionality data from various sources
- A strong passion for empirical research and for answering hard questions with data
- Ability to communicate complex quantitative analysis in a clear, precise, and actionable manner
- Fluency with programming and scripting languages such as C++, Python or PHP
- Fluency with mathematical programming tools and optimization software such as GUROBI, CPLEX or XPRESS
- Familiarity with relational databases and SQL
- Expert knowledge of an analysis tool such as R, Matlab, or SAS
- Experience working with data sets, experience working with distributed computing tools a plus (Map/Reduce, Hadoop, Hive, etc.)
- Ability to obtain work authorization in the United States in 2016
Experience
- PhD in computer science, operations research, operations management, economics or related fields or 4+ years experience in a related role
- Extensive experience solving analytical problems using quantitative approaches
- Comfort manipulating and analyzing complex, high-volume, high-dimensionality data from various sources
- A strong passion for empirical research and for answering hard questions with data
- Ability to communicate complex quantitative analysis in a clear, precise, and actionable manner
- Fluency with programming and scripting languages such as C++, Python or PHP
- Fluency with mathematical programming tools and optimization software such as GUROBI, CPLEX or XPRESS
- Familiarity with relational databases and SQL
- Expert knowledge of an analysis tool such as R, Matlab, or SAS
- Experience working with data sets, experience working with distributed computing tools a plus (Map/Reduce, Hadoop, Hive, etc.)
- Ability to obtain work authorization in the United States in 2016
Facebook is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.
Facebook is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations-ext@fb.com.
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