Senior Applied Researcher

2 Months ago • 2 Years + • Research Development • $117,200 PA - $250,200 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Microsoft's Data and AI team seeks a Senior Applied Researcher to lead groundbreaking research projects, translating research into product applications. This role involves collaboration with scientists, engineers, and designers across Microsoft Research, product teams, and GitHub. Responsibilities include building and training state-of-the-art models, applying and advancing LLMs for software engineering (e.g., using RAG and evaluation methods), and working closely with developer product teams to run experiments, evaluate, iterate, and improve AI projects at scale. The ideal candidate will lead research projects on the future of AI for developers, collaborate across disciplines, stay current on research literature and product advancements, create datasets, build large-scale ML experiments and models.
Must have:
  • Doctorate in relevant field or equivalent experience
  • Lead research projects
  • Collaborate with product teams
  • Build and manage large-scale ML models
  • Experience publishing academic papers
Good to have:
  • 2+ years related research experience
  • Experience at a top conference

Job Details

Overview

The Data and AI team in Microsoft’s Developer Division is working on the future of AI for Developers! We are a diverse, entrepreneurial and multi-disciplinary group of scientists, researchers and engineers with passion for using AI to improve the productivity of millions of developers around the world. We have released AI for code advancements in Github Copilot, VS Code, Visual Studio and other Microsoft Copilots.

 

We are seeking an entrepreneurial and creative Senior Applied Researcher to lead groundbreaking research projects, taking these from research into product. You will collaborate with scientists, engineers and designers across Microsoft Research, Microsoft product teams and GitHub. You will have an opportunity to build and train state-of-the-art models, and opportunities to both apply and advance existing approaches of using LLMs for software engineering, from using RAG to evaluation. Most importantly, you will have an opportunity to work closely with several developer product teams to run experiments, evaluate, iterate and improve your AI projects on a large scale.

 

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

 

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • Doctorate in relevant field

    • OR equivalent experience.

Other Requirements::

 

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: 

 

Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

 

Preferred Qualifications:

 

  • Doctorate in relevant field AND 2+ years related research experience
    • o OR equivalent experience.
  • Experience publishing academic papers as a lead author or essential contributor.
  • Experience participating in a top conference in relevant research domain.

Research Sciences IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $117,200 - $229,200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $153,600 - $250,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

Microsoft will accept applications and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis.

 

 

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Responsibilities

  • Lead research projects on the future of AI for developers
  • Collaborate across disciplines with product teams across Microsoft and Github
  • Stay up to date with the research literature and product advances in AI for software engineering
  • Create new datasets from both the world's public code and Microsoft's internal data.
  • Build and manage large-scale ML experiments and models.

 

Embody our Culture and Values

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