Microsoft · 22 hours ago
Senior Research Engineer
Redmond, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$120K/yr - $235K/yr
4+ years expMicrosoft is seeking a Senior Research Engineer to join their team focused on building a cutting-edge platform for human-agent interactions. The role involves designing and implementing research-driven solutions to enhance collaboration between humans and autonomous agents, while also contributing to the development of scalable AI systems.
Agentic AIApplication Performance ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business DevelopmentDevOpsInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyManagement Information SystemsNetwork SecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
You will gain expertise in one or more subareas and gain experience in a broad area of research, including applicable research techniques
You’ll also gain deep knowledge of a service, platform, or domain, and identify product needs by sharing the latest industry trends and applied technologies
You will review business requirements and incorporate research to meet business goals
You‘ll provide strategic direction for the kinds of data used to solve problems and apply deep subject matter knowledge to support business impact
You will participate in onboarding of other team members and assist in developing academics to be members of multidiscipline teams
You’ll identify new research talent to join Microsoft and collaborate with the academic community to develop the recruiting pipeline
You will document work in progress and experimentation results and share findings to promote innovation
You’ll also use your deep understanding of fairness and bias to contribute to ethics and privacy policies related to research processes and data collection
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years related experience (e.g., statistics predictive analytics, research)
OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 1+ year(s) related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
OR equivalent experience
4+ year(s) experience developing and deploying live production systems, as part of a product team
4+ year(s) experience developing and deploying products or systems at multiple points in the product cycle from ideation to shipping
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
Master's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
OR equivalent experience
3+ years experience creating publications (e.g., patents, libraries, peer-reviewed academic papers)
Benefits
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
Company
Microsoft
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