Principal Researcher and Senior Principal Researcher, Software Verification
Microsoft
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This role pays less than 56% of similar roles. Most pay $177,050–$224,950 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $177k versus about $201k for comparable roles.
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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.
Listed pay typically runs $119,800–$234,700 across 651 roles with salary data.
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As a Senior Researcher - Software Verification at Microsoft Research, you will join a team of world-class researchers and engineers to shape the future of systems and AI. You will drive high-impact research in rigorous software engineering by developing scalable systems for program and systems verification. Your day-to-day responsibilities include building and maintaining state-of-the-art automated reasoning tools, specifically SMT solvers, and collaborating on technical papers and presentations. You will work to integrate AI and agent technologies with formal methods to solve complex software engineering problems. The role requires expertise in programming languages, automated reasoning, and large-scale systems. You will turn foundational ideas into practical advances, ensuring that your research has a significant impact on the development of reliable software and coding agents.
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