MLE->SWE @ FB

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Oct 25, 2021 15 Comments

I interviewed for the ML role at FB (the track with a ML system design round). Currently in the team matching phase and the "ML"-focused role don't sound very interesting to me. A lot of it is just ads and seems to be a lot of feature generation & data cleaning, which doesn't sound too interesting to me. The ML infra roles sound more interesting, but I'd just be reduced to a typical SWE.

Is it inadvisable to go from MLE to SWE? I presume MLE roles are typically harder to get than SWE?

I probably want to be a quant 4-5 years from now, and none of these roles are directly transferrable.

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  • New
    tKqP11

    New

    tKqP11
    U cant join FAIR or reality labs?
    Oct 25, 2021 1
    • Facebook
      sharkdoodo

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      sharkdoodo
      OP
      FAIR is part of FRL now, but FAIR has very limited headcount, usually filled by internal transfers or they hire directly for preallocated FAIR roles. Can't really just let any bootcamper into FAIR since most aren't' qualified
      Oct 25, 2021
  • FB is the wrong place for ML
    Oct 25, 2021 7
  • Pick your team after bootcamp, you’ll have much more information to make an informed decision by then.
    Oct 25, 2021 3
    • Ok, I thought you were yet to join FB and were picking teams before your bootcamp (not sure if that’s even an option for ICs).
      Oct 25, 2021
    • New / Data
      data52

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      data52
      @sharkdoodo,

      How long is Bootcamp?

      I'm also considering MLE vs DS role at FB. I do NOT want to do infra (YAML engineer) but the DS role sounds like I won't be able to write as much Python as I'd like... altho, I am hopeful there are DS roles with a lot of ML + Data/Product.... (still looking for which groups that might be)
      Nov 13, 2021
  • New
    tKqP11

    New

    tKqP11
    Thanks for sharing. I was just approached by recruiter for same MLE role so curious
    Oct 25, 2021 0