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# Senior Researcher - Foundations of Generative AI-...

- **Company:** Microsoft
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $119,800.0 - $234,700.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Software Debugging, Github, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Open Source Technology, Tensorflow, Software Engineering, Pytorch, Large Language Models, Generative AI, Information Technology, HuggingFace
- **Published:** June 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000g8yxk7

## About the Role

+ Doctorate (or currently pursuing) in Computer Science or relevant field

 + OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

 + Doctorate in Computer Science or relevant field AND 2+ years related research experience

 + OR equivalent experience.

 + Research program demonstrated by public artifacts like models, tools, code in the AI space or publications at the following conferences: NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, NAACL, CVPR, COLT, ECCV, ICCV, EMNLP.

 + 2+ years of academic or industry experience in developing, applying, and/or implementing algorithms for machine learning/statistics, using common ML engineering programming languages and platforms such as Python, Python numerical libraries, PyTorch, TensorFlow and/or HuggingFace.

 + Experience publishing academic papers as a lead author or essential contributor in a top AI conference or journal.

 + Deep understanding of frontier model architectures, especially transformers and state space models

 + Hands-on experience building and working with Large Language Models (LLMs) or multimodal models (VLMs, VLAs), including pre-training, fine-tuning, and inference

 + 2+ years of industry or academic experience with building, debugging and optimizing large-scale ML training pipelines.

 + Demonstrated software engineering excellence building and deploying prototypes, applications, or open-source (OSS) technologies. Providing a link to a GitHub profile and/or code samples on your CV/resume, is highly encouraged.

 + Ability to work independently and ramp-up quickly on complex projects or unfamiliar code

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

 + Keen interest in real-world applications and impact.

## Description

+ Apply research and engineering skills to develop, prototype, and evaluate cutting-edge research ideas.

 + Work closely with other researchers and engineers to rapidly prototype and test new research ideas, driving a high-impact agenda and publishing results where appropriate.

 + Collaborate hands-on with other researchers, engineers, and internal and external product groups to deliver high-impact solutions to real-world problems.

 + Embody our culture (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/culture) and values (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values) .


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