Principal Researcher – Deep Learning, Reinforcement Learning – Microsoft Full-time

Microsoft Research (MSR) AI Frontiers labis seeking applications for the position of Principal Researcher to join their team. This role can be located in any one of our 3 labs: New York City, NY, Cambridge, MA, and Redmond, WA.

Themission of the AI Frontiers labis to expand the pareto frontier of Artficial Intelligence (AI) capabilities, efficiency, and safety through innovations in foundation models and learning agent platforms.Some of our projectsinclude work on Small Language Models ( e.g. Phi, Orca),foundation models for actions (e.g., in gaming, robotics, and Office productivity tools)andMulti-Agent AI( e.g. AutoGen ).

We areseeking a Principal Researcher to join our team and contribute to the advancement of Large Action Model (LAM) and Large Language Model(LLM) technologies.As a Principal Researcher , you will play a crucial role in developing, improving, and exploring the capabilities of AI models . Your work will have a significant impact on the development of cutting-edge technologies, advancing state-of-the-art andproviding practical solutions to real-world problems.

Our ongoing research areas encompass but are not limited to:

• Pre-training:especiallyoflanguagemodels, action modelsand multimodal models

• Alignment and Post-training :e.g.,Instruction tuning and reinforcement learning from feedback

• Continual Learning: Enabling LLMs to evolve and adapt over time and learn from previous experiences human interactions

• Specialization: Tailoringmodelsto meet application-specific requirements

• Orchestration and multi-agent systems:automated orchestration between multiple agents incorporating humanfeedback and oversight

Microsoft Research (MSR) offers a vibrant environment for cutting-edge , multidisciplinary, research, including access to diverse, real-world problems and data, opportunities for experimentation and real-world impact, an open publication policy, and close links to top academic institutions around the world.

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:

• As a Principal Researcher inAI Frontiers, you willdesign, develop, execute, and implement technology research projectsin collaboration withother researchers, engineers, and product groups.
• As a member of awor l d-class research organization, you will be a part of research breakthroughs in the field and will be given an opportunity to realize your ideas in products and services used worldwide.
• Embody our culture and values .

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications

• Doctorate in Computer Science or relevant field AND 3+ years related research experience
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Research program demonstrated by publications at conferences: NeurIPS, ICML,ICLR, ACL, NAACL, CVPR, COLT, ECCV, ICCV, EMNLP

Preferred Qualifications

• Doctorate inComputer Scienceor relevant fieldAND 8+ years related research experience
  • OR equivalent experience.

• Experience with real world reinforcement learning, including large scale behavior cloning and policy optimization .

• Experience increating, optimizing and runninglarge scale machine learning pipelines

• Experiencein running large scale experiments with LLMspre-training and/or finetuning

• Experiencein building data collection and curation pipelines.

• Ability to collaborate, communicate effectively, and work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

• Keen interest in real-world applications and impact.
• Reference letters are welcomed, though they are not mandatory. Please include them, if available.

Research Sciences IC5 – The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $137,600 – $267,000 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 $180,400 – $294,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

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

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .

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