Microsoft · 1 week ago
Senior Researcher - Foundations of Generative AI- Microsoft Research
New York, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$158K/yr - $258K/yr
2+ years expMicrosoft is seeking a Senior Researcher for its AI Frontiers lab to lead efforts in foundational research of generative AI. The role involves developing new architectures and learning objectives to advance AI capabilities and provide solutions to real-world problems.
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Responsibilities
Apply research and engineering skills to develop, prototype, and evaluate cutting-edge research ideas
Work closely with other researchers and engineers to rapidly prototype and test new research ideas, driving a high-impact agenda and publishing results where appropriate
Collaborate hands-on with other researchers, engineers, and internal and external product groups to deliver high-impact solutions to real-world problems
Embody our culture and values
Qualification
Required
Doctorate (or currently pursuing) in Computer Science or relevant field + OR equivalent experience
Preferred
Doctorate in Computer Science or relevant field AND 2+ years related research experience + OR equivalent experience
Research program demonstrated by public artifacts like models, tools, code in the AI space or publications at the following conferences: NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, NAACL, CVPR, COLT, ECCV, ICCV, EMNLP
2+ years of academic or industry experience in developing, applying, and/or implementing algorithms for machine learning/statistics, using common ML engineering programming languages and platforms such as Python, Python numerical libraries, PyTorch, TensorFlow and/or HuggingFace
Experience publishing academic papers as a lead author or essential contributor in a top AI conference or journal
Deep understanding of frontier model architectures, especially transformers and state space models
Hands-on experience building and working with Large Language Models (LLMs) or multimodal models (VLMs, VLAs), including pre-training, fine-tuning, and inference
2+ years of industry or academic experience with building, debugging and optimizing large-scale ML training pipelines
Demonstrated software engineering excellence building and deploying prototypes, applications, or open-source (OSS) technologies. Providing a link to a GitHub profile and/or code samples on your CV/resume, is highly encouraged
Ability to work independently and ramp-up quickly on complex projects or unfamiliar code
Ability to collaborate, communicate effectively, and work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Keen interest in real-world applications and impact
Benefits
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
Company
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