Microsoft · 9 hours ago
Senior Researcher and Principal Researcher (Multiple positions) - Excel Agent Team
United States, Washington, Redmond
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$120K/yr - $235K/yr
3+ years expMicrosoft is seeking researchers working on Generative AI to join their Excel Agent Team in Redmond. The role involves designing and conducting innovative AI research, collaborating with engineers and PMs to deploy research to customers, and publishing findings in top-tier academic venues.
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Responsibilities
Design and carry out innovative AI research in collaboration with other researchers, engineers, and PMs
Work with engineers and PMs to deploy your research to customers
Publish in top-tier academic venues and interact with the broader academic community
Qualification
Required
Doctorate in relevant field OR Master's Degree in relevant field AND 3+ years related research experience OR Bachelor's Degree in relevant field AND 4+ years related research experience OR equivalent experience
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
Preferred
Doctorate in relevant field AND 3+ years related research experience OR Master's Degree in relevant field AND 4+ years related research experience OR Bachelor's Degree in relevant field AND 6+ years related research experience OR equivalent experience
5+ publications in top-tier machine learning, programming language, software engineering, human-computer interactions or relevant venues (e.g. AAAI, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, EMNLP, NAACL, ACL, POPL, PLDI, OOPSLA, ICSE, FSE, CHI, UIST, and comparable)
Ability to develop an original research agenda, demonstrated by leading at least one publication in a top-tier machine learning, programming language, software engineering, HCI or relevant venue
5+ years of prior research experience in machine learning, programming language, software engineering, or human-computer interaction
Experience publishing academic papers as a lead author or essential contributor
Experience working with large language models
Experience training transformer-based models, including data collection and curation, for research projects in both industrial and academic settings
Experience designing and implementing AI systems or production-grade systems at scale
Proficient in building interactive AI systems
Interested in applying machine learning to spreadsheet tasks
Company
Microsoft
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