below marketmost similar roles pay hereabove market
This role pays less than
58%
of similar roles. Most pay
$183,689–$254,750
— the blue band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$209k
versus about
$219k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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
694 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$119,800–$234,700
across 651 roles with salary data.
The Principal Researcher - Machine Learning & Statistics - Microsoft Research will join the Microsoft Research New England team to lead an influential research agenda spanning fundamental and applied work. This role involves defining independent research programs, providing intellectual leadership across disciplines, and producing field-shaping contributions. The researcher will build and optimize large-scale machine learning pipelines, create data collection and curation pipelines, and run large-scale experiments with transformers and LLMs for pre-training and finetuning. Key technical competencies include expertise in machine learning, statistics, and the science of deep learning, generative AI, post-training, and test-time scaling. The work addresses core technical problems in new model architectures and training paradigms, utilizing diverse data sources to influence the scientific community, Microsoft products, and society.
Define and lead an influential research agenda spanning fundamental and applied work.
Provide intellectual leadership across various projects and disciplines.
Initiate ambitious collaborations and shape broader research priorities within Microsoft Research.
Produce sustained, field-shaping research contributions.
Mentor and support the professional development of other researchers.
Identify strategic opportunities for research to influence the scientific community, Microsoft products, and society.
Run large-scale experiments with transformer and LLM pre-training or fine-tuning.
Create, optimize, and run large-scale machine learning pipelines.
What we're looking for
Doctorate in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Mathematics, Statistics, or a relevant field and 3+ years of related research experience.
Master's Degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Mathematics, Statistics, or a relevant field and 4+ years of related research experience.
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Mathematics, Statistics, or a relevant field and 6+ years of related research experience.
Equivalent experience to the degree and years of experience requirements.
Demonstrated record of sustained, original research impact evidenced by influential peer-reviewed publications or widely used research artifacts (preferred).
Experience in running large scale experiments with transformers/LLMs pre-training and/or finetuning (preferred).
Experience in creating, optimizing, and running large scale machine learning pipelines (preferred).
Experience in building data collection and curation pipelines (preferred).
Deep Learning
Foundation Models
Natural Language Processing
Computer Vision
Multi-modal Intelligence
Neuro-symbolic Reasoning
Program Synthesis
AI Research