Senior Researcher - Microsoft GenAI

Our team at Microsoft CoreAI is at the forefront of developing AI technologies that combine language, vision, and other sensory inputs to power Microsoft AI products. We offer these advanced models as services for both internal and external applications, driving innovation across the ecosystem. We collaborate extensively with OpenAI and numerous Microsoft product teams, including Copilot and Office. 
 
We are seeking a Senior Researcher - Microsoft GenAI who is a passionate, creative, and analytical individual contributor with a background in large-scale modeling and inferencing. You'll work on everything from LLMS to SLMs to multimodal systems and specialized coding models, using both proprietary and open-source frameworks. You have direct access to one of the largest curated text, code, audio-visual & proprietary domain datasets in the world. You have access to huge clusters and dedicated MLOps partner team. Furthermore, you can publish, open-source, and speak at top conferences (NeurIPS, ACL, ICML, CVPR, ICLR, SIGMOD, etc.) 

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. 

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Responsibilities

• Develop deep learning techniques to enhance custom Copilot experiences by efficiently adapting large-scale models. 

• Design and implement a range of adaptation strategies, including SFT, instruction-tuned coding models, multimodal fusion, post-training with reinforcement learning (RL), retrieval-augmented and tool-augmented reasoning systems. 

• Build high-quality synthetic data pipelines to support training and evaluation of customization tasks.

• Collaborate with Microsoft product groups to integrate AI solutions across applications.

• Staying updated with the latest advancements in deep learning, multimodal fusion, and cross-modal interactions. 

Other: 

• Embody our Culture and Values 

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years related experience (e.g., statistics predictive analytics, research)
  • OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
    • OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 1+ year(s) r