Principal Researcher, Office Product Group

What you'll do

• Develop frameworks for coordination, communication, task delegation, and result validation across multiple AI components.
• Improve techniques for efficient code generation and transformation in low-resource environments.
• Adapt models to domain-specific languages, formulas, and structured or semi-structured data formats.
• Implement fine-tuning and post-training approaches to improve model reliability and controllability for production use.
• Design and execute evaluation strategies and benchmarks based on real-world Microsoft 365 user workflows.
• Participate in system-level and human-in-the-loop assessments to evaluate AI performance.
• Translate research ideas into scalable, production-ready features while ensuring high performance and responsible AI practices.

What we're looking for

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field with 6+ years of experience, or a Master's with 4+ years, or a Doctorate with 3+ years.
• Equivalent experience to the specified educational and experience requirements is acceptable.
• 5+ years of experience creating publications such as patents, libraries, or peer-reviewed academic papers.
• 2+ years of experience as an invited speaker at conferences or other events in the research/industry community.
• 5+ years of experience conducting research as part of a research program in academic or industry settings.
• 3+ years of experience developing and deploying live production systems as part of a product team.
• 3+ years of experience developing products or systems across multiple points in the cycle from ideation to shipping.