Senior Applied AI Engineer, Image Generation

Microsoft

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Work type
On-site
Location
US
Salary
$119,800–$234,700 / yr
Posted
107 days ago
Closes
Sep 8, 2026

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Below market

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This role $177k
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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 622 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Applied AI Engineer, Image Generation

As a Senior Applied AI Engineer specializing in Image Generation, you will join a dynamic and innovative team focused on developing cutting-edge AI assistant capabilities. Your primary responsibility involves advancing image generation models by training, fine-tuning, and evaluating diffusion, GAN, and transformer-based systems, while also implementing research techniques into production frameworks. You’ll design experiments to enhance model quality and usability, manage large-scale datasets, and build evaluation tools for continuous improvement. Additionally, you will develop internal AI tooling, integrate LLMs with product interfaces, and optimize models for efficient deployment in real-time environments. This role requires expertise in deep learning, experience deploying ML models at scale, familiarity with image preprocessing pipelines, and a background in fast-paced startup settings or mid-stage product development.

What you'll do

  • Train, fine-tune, and evaluate various image generation models like diffusion, GAN, and transformer-based.
  • Implement techniques from research papers into production systems to improve image quality and diversity.
  • Build evaluation frameworks for correctness, safety, and UX quality of generated images.
  • Develop internal tools for prompt experimentation and model comparison telemetry in AI projects.
  • Optimize models for inference latency, throughput, and cost by applying quantization and distillation techniques.

What we're looking for

  • 3+ years of engineering and model-building experience in deep learning, preferably with a Master’s Degree.
  • Solid understanding of deep learning concepts including loss functions, optimization techniques, regularization methods, and training stability.
  • Experience deploying machine learning models at scale, optimizing for inference efficiency through quantization and distillation.
  • Familiarity with image preprocessing pipelines, data augmentation techniques, and dataset curation processes.
  • Hands-on experience in building evaluation frameworks and conducting hillclimbing loops to enhance AI model performance.
  • Proven ability to work effectively in small teams within startup or mid-stage company environments.

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