Microsoft · 10 months ago
Senior Researcher
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$120K/yr - $235K/yrMicrosoft is a company centered around embracing a growth mindset and inspiring excellence. As a Senior Researcher, you will conduct research and lead collaborations that advance the state of computer science and engineering, formulate research problems, and develop a research agenda to further academic knowledge.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingCyber SecurityEnterprise SoftwareQuantum ComputingVideoAgentic AICloud SecurityEnterprise Resource Planning (ERP)Identity ManagementManagement Information SystemsVideo ConferencingWeb Browsers
Responsibilities
Gain an understanding of a broad area of research (e.g., Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Foundation Models, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Statistical Modeling, Deep Learning, etc.) and the corresponding literature and applicable research techniques
Identifies the solvable components of a larger research problem
Under instruction from others, research new tools, technologies, and methods being used in the research community. Contribute knowledge around a specialized tool/method to support planning for research projects
Bring a component of a research project to successful completion yielding new algorithms, prototypes, theories, tools, methods, analyses, insights, or collections of data which solve one or more components of larger research problem
Understand and follow ethics and privacy policies when executing research processes and/or collecting data/information. Help develop and deploy computing technologies that uphold trustworthiness, robustness, privacy, values, and ethical considerations
Gain an understanding of research as it relates to Microsoft products or business groups and assist in technology transfer attempts, participate on standards organizations, file patents, author white papers, develop or maintain tools/services for internal Microsoft use, or consult for product or business groups
Collaborate with members of research group to contribute to existing work on a research problem and assist in writing and/or presenting papers at workshops and conferences. Publish papers as co-author or lead author for high-quality conferences and journals, with an impact like that of a post-doctorate
Supports mentorship by assisting with onboarding of research interns or other entry-level team members
Qualification
Required
Doctorate (or currently pursuing) in relevant field
OR equivalent experience
Preferred
A publication record at top conferences (e.g. NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CHI, etc.)
Company
Microsoft
Microsoft provides computer software, consumer electronics, cloud computing platforms, and digital enterprise systems.
Founded in 1975
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
80%
Represents job field similar to this job
Engineering and Development
Management and Executive
Product Management
Customer Service and Support
Marketing
Accounting and Finance
Sales
Creatives and Design
Human Resources
Legal and Compliance
Education and Training
Trends of Total Sponsorships
*2026 (2855)
2025 (9192)
2024 (9343)
2023 (7677)
2022 (11403)
2021 (7210)
2020 (7852)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1MKey Investors
Technology Venture Investors
2022-12-09Post Ipo Equity
1986-03-13IPO
1981-09-01Series Unknown· $1M
Leadership Team
Judson Althoff
CEO, Microsoft Commercial Business
Satya Nadella
Chairman and CEO
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