Member of Technical Staff - Post-Training | Microsoft Careers

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US Posted 173 days ago $84,200$165,200 / year

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TL;DR

Join Microsoft's AI Superintelligence Post-Training team as an AI Data & Training Technical Staff to advance cutting-edge datasets and training methods for large-scale language and multimodal models. You will design high-quality datasets, develop scalable data pipelines, and apply deep expertise in pre-training and reinforcement learning. Daily tasks include evaluating real-world multimodal data quality, building lightweight tools for dataset management, and collaborating with cross-functional teams on impactful research projects. Ideal candidates possess a Master's degree or equivalent experience, proficiency in Python and modern data libraries like Pandas and NumPy, and hands-on experience with distributed data frameworks and cloud ecosystems. This role demands expertise in large-scale AI model training and the ability to work efficiently within interdisciplinary teams.

Skills

Python Pandas NumPy Spark Ray Apache_Beam Azure Docker Kubernetes CI/CD Git PostgreSQL TensorFlow PyTorch Hugging_Face GitHub_Pods Visual_Studio_Code LoRA DeBerTa Oscar Rho-1 Florence Phi_Models

What you'll do

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

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience with 3+ months of research internship.
  • Master's Degree and 1+ year of related research experience preferred.
  • Proficiency in Python and modern data libraries (Pandas, NumPy).
  • Experience with distributed data frameworks like Spark and cloud ecosystems.
  • Hands-on work with large-scale unstructured datasets including images, video, audio, and code.
  • Proven ability to train AI models at significant scale.

Market check

Salary context

This $84,200–$165,200 range sits above 4% 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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