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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
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Pre-Training joins the Superintelligence Team at Microsoft AI to develop foundational models that push the boundaries of deep learning at scale. In this role, you will develop algorithms, model architectures, data mixtures, and scaling laws using a rigorous data-driven approach grounded in meticulous ablations. You will drive algorithmic implementations, conduct experiments, and oversee flagship training runs on an in-house large-scale distributed stack while collaborating with infrastructure, data, post-training, and multimodality teams. The role requires proficiency in programming languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python. Candidates must possess expertise in large-scale distributed systems and experience in large-scale AI. This position focuses on the technical challenge of creating ultra-capable systems that are controllable, safety-aligned, and anchored to human values within the domain of advanced conversational AI and foundational model development.
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C++
C#
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Distributed Systems
Machine Learning
Generative AI
Recommendation Systems
AI Agents
Model Training
Inference Optimization
Observability
Backend Services
AI
Machine Learning
Distributed Systems
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C++
C#
Java
JavaScript
Apache Spark
Flink
MLOps
Data Pipelines
Cloud Infrastructure
Multi-agent Systems
Reinforcement Learning