Member of Technical Staff, Post Training

Microsoft

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Redmond, WA
Salary
$119,800–$234,700 / yr
Posted
28 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Feb 10, 2027

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Microsoft Corporation is a global technology leader producing software, hardware, and cloud services including Windows, Office 365, Azure cloud platform, Xbox gaming, and Surface devices. Industry: Software & Cloud Computing

Microsoft currently has 598 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Member of Technical Staff, Post Training

Member of Technical Staff - Post Training joins the model training team at Microsoft AI to advance state-of-the-art capabilities in coding, reasoning, math, and agentic tasks. This role involves driving data collection and acquisition, building evaluations of model capabilities, and applying advanced reward modeling and RL techniques to develop post-training recipes for large language models. The candidate will design hypotheses and experiment plans to rapidly iterate on performance while managing the full lifecycle of training processes. Required skills include experience with synthetic data generation, data curation, cleaning, and reward modeling or other post-training techniques. Candidates must be proficient in programming languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python. The work focuses on solving complex problems in large-scale AI to improve model instruction following and overall performance across various internal and external benchmarks.

What you'll do

  • Develop data collection and acquisition methods for large language models.
  • Build evaluations to measure model capabilities in coding, reasoning, and math.
  • Apply advanced reward modeling and reinforcement learning techniques to improve post-training recipes.
  • Design hypotheses and experiment plans to rapidly iterate on model performance.
  • Perform synthetic data generation, curation, and cleaning for training pipelines.
  • Drive the development of models that are safety-aligned and anchored to human values.
  • Take end-to-end ownership of projects within a fast-paced research environment.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Mathematics, or related technical discipline and 4+ years of engineering experience.
  • Experience with reward modeling, RL, or other post-training techniques.
  • Proficiency in coding using languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
  • Demonstrated experience in large-scale AI (preferred).
  • Passionate about conversational AI and its deployment (preferred).
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills to work with cross-functional teams (preferred).
  • Ability to collaborate in a positive, inclusive environment and stay updated on AI trends (preferred).

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