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Microsoft · 5 hours ago

Principal Research Software Engineer

Arizona, United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$138K/yr - $267K/yr

6+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Apply software engineering skills to build, test, and deploy robust and intuitive AI-based technologies, libraries, and applications.

Work closely with researchers and engineers to rapidly prototype and test new AI research ideas driving a high-impact agenda.

Collaborate hands-on with other researchers, engineers, and product group partners on high-impact projects that deliver real-world impact to people and society.

Embody our culture and values.

Qualification

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PythonMachine LearningFoundation ModelsPytorchTensorflowScikit-learnJavaScriptC#C++User Interface DevelopmentPrototypingOpenAI GPT modelsLLAMAAcademic Publishing

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or relevant field AND 6+ years related technical engineering/research experience + OR equivalent experience.

4+ years of experience in Python.

2+ year(s) hands-on experience building applications with AI features, experience with machine learning (ML) frameworks (such as Pytorch, Tensorflow, or scikit-learn), OR experience with AI/ML model development or evaluation.

Preferred

Bachelor'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, JavaScript, C#, or C++ + OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, Python, JavaScript, C#, or C++ + OR Doctorate (or currently pursuing) in Computer Science or related fields AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, Python, JavaScript, C#, or C++ + OR equivalent experience.

Demonstrated software engineering excellence building and deploying prototypes, applications, or open-source (OSS) technologies. Providing a link to GitHub profile (if available) and/or code samples, is highly encouraged.

Hands-on experience building and working with large foundation models (e.g., OpenAI GPT models, LLAMA etc) and related prompting techniques, frameworks and toolkits (e.g., ICL, CoT, ReACT, Langchain, AutoGen).

Experience building applications with foundation models – from collecting data/labels, measuring task performance to deploying models as api’s that address concrete problems.

Experience building user interfaces or front-end development.

Experience working in multi-disciplinary teams along with a team player mindset, characterized by effective communication, collaboration, and feedback skills.

Experience publishing academic papers at relevant conferences and journals (such as CHI, UIST, AAAI, NeurIPS, ICML, ACL) is welcome but not required.

Company

Microsoft

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4.3

Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.

Founded in 1975

Redmond, Washington, USA

10,001+ employees

https://www.microsoft.com

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