Microsoft · 3 months ago
Member of Technical Staff, Data Research Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$120K/yr - $235K/yr
4+ years expMicrosoft is seeking Data Research Engineers to join their Multimodal team, focusing on building the next generation of foundation models. The role involves collaborating with scientists and engineers to curate and evaluate multimodal data sources, developing data collection strategies, and ensuring datasets align with ethical standards.
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Responsibilities
Create high-quality datasets for training and evaluation; run experiments on new datasets (data ablations) to assess their impact and determine the most effective data
Develop and maintain scalable data pipelines for multimodal ingestion, preprocessing, filtering, and annotation
Analyze real-world multimodal datasets to assess quality, diversity, relevance, and identify areas for improvement
Build lightweight tools and workflows for dataset auditing, visualization, and versioning
Collaborate with Safety, Ethics, and Governance teams to ensure datasets meet standards for quality, privacy, and responsible AI practices
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in AI, Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Physics, Engineering, or a related technical field AND 4 years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, Python and common data libraries (Pandas, NumPy, etc.)
OR equivalent experience
2 years of experience in data analysis or data engineering
Proficiency in statistics and exploratory data analysis methods
Ability to communicate technical findings effectively to research and product teams
Preferred
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8 years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, Python and common data libraries (Pandas, NumPy, etc.)
OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12 years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, Python and common data libraries (Pandas, NumPy, etc.)
OR equivalent experience
Familiarity with data processing frameworks such as Spark, Ray, Apache Beam
Experience working with large-scale, real-world datasets that are unstructured or semi-structured
Company
Microsoft
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