Senior Researcher - GPU Performance

Generative AI is transforming how people create, collaborate, and communicate - redefining productivity across Microsoft 365 and our customers globally. At Microsoft, we run the biggest platform for collaboration and productivity in the world with hundreds of millions of consumer/enterprise users. Tackling AI efficiency challenges is crucial for delivering these experiences at scale. Within our Microsoft wide Systems Innovation initiative, we are working to advance efficiency across AI systems, where we look at novel designs and optimizations across AI stacks: models, AI frameworks, cloud infrastructure, and hardware. We are an Applied Research team driving mid- and long-term product innovations. We closely collaborate with multiple research teams and product groups across the globe who bring a multitude of technical knowledge in cloud systems, machine learning and software engineering. We communicate our research both internally and externally through academic publications, open-source releases, blog posts, patents, and industry conferences. Further, we also collaborate with academic and industry partners to advance the state of the art and target material product impact that will affect 100s of millions of customers. We are looking for a Senior Researcher - GPU Performance – Hardware/Software Codesign researcher to explore hardware/kernel-level optimizations to deliver significant efficiency gains for Large Language Models and Generative AI experiences.