Principal Researcher - Deep Learning, Reinforcement Learning - Microsoft Research - Microsoft Corporation

**Microsoft Research (MSR)** ? **AI Frontiers** ?lab?is 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. The?mission of the?AI Frontiers (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/lab/ai-frontiers/overview/) ?lab?is 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 projects?include?work?on Small Language Models (e.g.?Phi, Orca),?foundation models for actions (e.g., in gaming, robotics, and Office productivity tools)?and?Multi-Agent AI?(e.g.?AutoGen).? We are?seeking 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?and?providing practical solutions to real-world problems.??? Our ongoing research areas encompass but are not limited to:? + Pre-training:?especially?of?language?models, action models?and 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: Tailoring?models?to meet application-specific requirements? + Orchestration and multi-agent systems:?automated orchestration between multiple agents incorporating human?feedback 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?in?AI Frontiers, you will?design, develop, execute, and implement technology research projects?in collaboration with?other researchers, engineers, and product groups.?? + As a member of a?world-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 (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/culture) and values (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-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?in?Computer Science?or relevant field?AND 8+ years related research experience + OR equivalent experience.? + Experience with real world reinforcement learning, including large scale behavior cloning and policy optimization. + Experience in?creating,?optimizing?and running?large scale machine learning pipelines? + Experience?in running large scale experiments with LLMs?pre-training and/or finetuning? + Experience?in 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. \#Research Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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