Senior Research Engineer Job at Microsoft Corporation (Redmond)

Senior Research Engineer

Microsoft Corporation

Location:
United States , Redmond

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

119800.00 - 234700.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

Join us in building a cutting-edge platform that enables business users to oversee and interact with autonomous agents. Our mission is to empower organizations by building and hosting world class agents at scale, providing agent tools for human-in-the-loop (HITL) workflows, and ushering the next wave of Copilot and application interaction. You’ll be part of a team that thrives on innovation and collaboration to redefine how humans and AI work together. Help us build and enable the frontier firm of the future! As a Senior Research Engineer, you will design, implement, and ship to customers around the world research-driven solutions that enhance human-agent interactions. You will research and innovate human oversight, assistance, and management of autonomous agents driving business processes for our customers. You will also bring apps and agents together, driving new possibilities in how agents, humans, and apps can all collaborate to streamline and automate business processes. This opportunity will allow you to deepen your applied science expertise in autonomous, LLM-driven agents, shape the future of human-AI collaboration, build and ship scalable AI systems, and work with internal and external stakeholders to deliver value to our customers.

Job Responsibility:

Gain expertise in one or more subareas and gain experience in a broad area of research, including applicable research techniques
Gain deep knowledge of a service, platform, or domain, and identify product needs by sharing the latest industry trends and applied technologies
Review business requirements and incorporate research to meet business goals
Provide strategic direction for the kinds of data used to solve problems and apply deep subject matter knowledge to support business impact
Participate in onboarding of other team members and assist in developing academics to be members of multidiscipline teams
Identify new research talent to join Microsoft and collaborate with the academic community to develop the recruiting pipeline
Document work in progress and experimentation results and share findings to promote innovation
Use your deep understanding of fairness and bias to contribute to ethics and privacy policies related to research processes and data collection

Requirements:

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) related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
OR equivalent experience
4+ year(s) experience developing and deploying live production systems, as part of a product team
4+ year(s) experience developing and deploying products or systems at multiple points in the product cycle from ideation to shipping
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter

Nice to have:

Master's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
OR equivalent experience
3+ years experience creating publications (e.g., patents, libraries, peer-reviewed academic papers)
Experience presenting at conferences or other events in the outside research/industry community as an invited speaker
3+ years experience conducting research as part of a research program (in academic or industry settings)

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
April 10, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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