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The Data and AI team in Microsoft CoreAI is working on the future of AI for Developers! We are a diverse, entrepreneurial and multi-disciplinary group of scientists, researchers and engineers with passion for using AI to improve the productivity of millions of developers around the world. We have released AI for code advancements in Github Copilot through VSCode, Visual Studio, Github.com and Azure. We are seeking an entrepreneurial and creative Senior Research Scientist to lead cutting-edge projects from concept to product. In this role, you will collaborate with scientists, engineers, and designers across Microsoft Research, Microsoft product teams, and GitHub. You will have the opportunity to build and train state-of-the-art models, apply and advance techniques for leveraging LLMs in software engineering, including RAG and evaluation, and partner closely with developer product teams to run large scale experiments, evaluate results, and continuously improve AI solutions.
Job Responsibility:
Lead the development and evaluation of state-of-the-art models for code completion and editing, pushing the boundaries of code understanding, generation, fix and review
Develop retrieval-augmented systems that improve a model’s awareness of large and complex codebases, enabling context-rich code assistance
Design and prototype efficient inference algorithms to enable fast, interactive code generation experiences at scale
Collaborate across disciplines with product teams across Microsoft and Github
Stay up to date with the research literature and product advances in AI for software engineering
Requirements:
4-year degree in computer science or engineering AND 3+ years related-research experience OR equivalent experience
Strong academic work and professional experience in statistics, machine learning, including deep learning, NLP, econometrics
Experience in building cloud-scale systems and experience working with open-source stacks for data processing and data science is desirable
Experience with LLMs in natural language, AI for code or related fields
Experience in productizing AI and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams
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:
PhD degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Physics/Math, or related fields
Experience in productizing machine learning models is desirable
Excellent communication skills, ability to write and present research papers