Senior Researcher, Machine Learning & Statistics

Microsoft

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Cambridge, MA
Salary
$119,800–$234,700 / yr
Posted
4 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Apr 20, 2027

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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 694 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Researcher, Machine Learning & Statistics

The Senior Researcher - Machine Learning & Statistics - Microsoft Research joins the Microsoft Research New England team to conduct cutting-edge theoretical and applied research. This role involves defining and leading an independent research agenda, collaborating across disciplines to shape project directions, and contributing to large-scale research efforts. The researcher will develop new ideas, conduct rigorous research, and publish influential results to inform products and services. Key technical requirements include experience with transformers, large language models, pre-training, and fine-tuning. Candidates must demonstrate skills in creating, optimizing, and running large-scale machine learning pipelines and building data collection and curation pipelines. The work focuses on the science of deep learning, generative AI, post-training, test-time scaling, and new model architectures and training paradigms.

What you'll do

  • Define and lead an independent research agenda spanning fundamental and applied work.
  • Develop new ideas and conduct rigorous research in artificial intelligence and machine learning.
  • Publish influential results in leading venues.
  • Contribute to large-scale research efforts within the organization.
  • Explore opportunities for research to inform products and services used worldwide.
  • Run large-scale experiments with transformers and LLMs for pre-training and finetuning.
  • Create, optimize, and run large-scale machine learning pipelines.
  • Build data collection and curation pipelines.

What we're looking for

  • Hold a Doctorate in a relevant field.
  • Hold a Master's Degree in a relevant field and 3+ years of related research experience.
  • Hold a Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field and 4+ years of related research experience.
  • Possess equivalent research experience to the degrees and years listed above.
  • Demonstrate research impact through a publication record at leading venues.
  • 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).

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