Principal Applied Researcher | Microsoft Careers

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US Posted 11 days ago $142,800–$274,800 / year
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TL;DR

As a Principal Applied Researcher on Microsoft’s Data and AI team within the Developer Division, you will lead innovative research projects that bridge the gap between cutting-edge AI technologies and practical developer tools. Your daily responsibilities include collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to develop state-of-the-art models for software engineering tasks such as code completion and evaluation, using large language models (LLMs) and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). You will also create new datasets from public and internal Microsoft data sources, manage large-scale machine learning experiments, and work closely with developer product teams to iterate on AI projects at scale. The ideal candidate has a doctorate or equivalent experience in a relevant field, along with extensive research and production deployment expertise, making significant contributions to the advancement of AI for developers.

Skills

Python TensorFlow PyTorch Docker Kubernetes AWS Azure CI/CD GitHub GitLab PostgreSQL MongoDB LLMs RAG NLP ML AI Data Engineering Cloud Computing

What you'll do

  • Lead groundbreaking research projects on AI for developers.
  • Create new datasets from public and internal code repositories.
  • Build and manage large-scale ML experiments and models.
  • Collaborate with product teams to run experiments and evaluate AI projects.
  • Stay current with advancements in AI for software engineering literature.

What we're looking for

  • Doctorate in a relevant field with 3+ years of research experience.
  • Experience building machine learning and AI systems for production environments.
  • Proven track record developing and deploying live production systems through product cycles.
  • Strong collaboration skills, working effectively across diverse teams and disciplines.
  • Ability to stay current with advancements in AI for software engineering.

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

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