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Member of Technical Staff (Audio)

Switzerland, Zürich Employment contract · Job Posted May 05, 2026
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At Microsoft AI (MAI), we are at the forefront of technological innovation, creating powerful tools and products that transform the way people live and work. We are seeking passionate and talented engineers to join our multimodal team. As part of our mission, you will play a key role in training, evaluating and deploying state-of-the-art models shaping the future like MAI-Voice and MAI-Transcribe. Our team is small, fast-paced, and collaborative, committed to excellence in every aspect of our work.

Job Responsibility

  • Model Training & Evaluation: Design and maintain training data “recipes” and develop evaluation frameworks
  • Training & Inference Optimization and Scaling: Optimize end-to-end training and inference performance
  • Collaboration: Work closely with other members of the AI research team
  • Culture & Values: Actively contribute to a positive, inclusive, and collaborative team culture

Requirements

Master’s degree in computer science OR equivalent technical experience

Nice to have

  • PhD is a plus
  • Experience building and maintaining training data pipelines
  • Experience designing eval frameworks and datasets
  • Strong experimentation skills
  • Dedication to writing clean, maintainable code
  • Demonstrated interpersonal skills
  • Passion for learning new technologies
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
  • Contributions or interest in audio

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