Member of Technical Staff - Post-Training | Microsoft Careers

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US Posted 173 days ago $119,800–$234,700 / year

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TL;DR

As an AI Data & Training Technical Staff joining the Microsoft AI Superintelligence Post-Training team, you will play a pivotal role in advancing large-scale AI by designing high-quality datasets, evaluating their impact through ablation studies, and developing scalable data pipelines. Your day-to-day responsibilities include applying deep expertise in pre-training, post-training, and reinforcement learning for both language and multimodal models, as well as creating lightweight tools for dataset auditing and visualization. You will work with extensive GPU resources to curate and synthesize training data, fine-tune models, and drive experiments that enhance the performance of cutting-edge AI systems used across Microsoft products like GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Code. The team leverages Python, modern data libraries, distributed data frameworks, and cloud ecosystems to tackle complex challenges in a startup-like environment focused on practical problem-solving and continuous learning.

Skills

Python Pandas NumPy Spark Ray Apache_Beam Azure PostgreSQL Kubernetes Docker CI/CD Git Jupyter_Notebook TensorFlow PyTorch Hugging_Face GitHub Visual_Studio_Code Prometheus Grafana

What you'll do

Design and evaluate high-quality datasets for training AI models.
Advance model training through expertise in pre-training, post-training, and reinforcement learning.
Develop scalable data pipelines for large, complex datasets.
Assess real-world multimodal datasets for quality, diversity, and relevance.
Build tools for dataset auditing, visualization, and versioning to streamline experimentation.

What we're looking for

Doctorate in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
Strong software engineering skills with fluency in Python and modern data libraries.
Experience with distributed data frameworks like Spark, Ray, and cloud ecosystems such as Azure.
Hands-on experience with large-scale unstructured datasets including images, video, audio, and code.
Proven ability to train AI models at significant scale.
Demonstrated proficiency in developing scalable data pipelines for complex datasets.
Effective collaboration within interdisciplinary teams and clear communication of research concepts.

Market check

Salary context

This $119,800–$234,700 range sits above 44% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$139,900–$244,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$165,000–$214,500

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Microsoft

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 534 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $119,800–$234,700 across 488 roles with salary data.

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