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SalaryCome build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of University graduates from every corner of the world. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential—and excitement for the journey ahead.
Microsoft is committed to building Azure into an AI supercomputer for the world and to enable the use of this infrastructure to responsibly develop breakthrough foundational AI, including large language models (LLMs) that can empower people to better harness the world’s knowledge, revolutionize the way we interact with technology and improve user experience. To foster Microsoft’s leadership in this field, Microsoft has launched a ground-breaking program to develop the next generation of leaders in AI. Located at the Microsoft New England Research and Development Center (NERD) and our Atlanta office, the Microsoft AI Development Acceleration Program (MAIDAP) is hiring applicants currently pursing a PhD degree and PhD graduates from programs in Machine Learning or Data Science related fields. Over the course of two years, participants will work in interdisciplinary project teams to provide AI as a service to engineering teams across Microsoft and solve some of our most exciting and challenging AI problems. In addition, you will have mentors, exposure to leaders, and access to numerous AI data scientists, researchers and engineers across the company. After the program is completed, each participant will have the opportunity to work with one of the sponsoring Microsoft teams in Cambridge, MA, Atlanta, GA or other Microsoft locations.
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.
Must be available to begin Full Time employment starting July 2024.
Responsibilities
- Research, develop, and lead the implementation of AI solutions in application projects for Microsoft’s products and services.
- Select and apply appropriate statistical and machine learning techniques to large-scale, high-dimensional data.
- Stay current with the latest research and technology and communicate your knowledge throughout the organization.
- Take responsibility for preparing data for analysis, review data preparation/ETL code and provide critical feedback on issues of data integrity.
- Share knowledge by clearly articulating results and ideas to customers, managers, and key decision makers.
- Patent and publish relevant IP and scientific research.
- Up to 10% travel may be required.
Qualifications
Required/Minimum Qualifications
- Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field
- Must be available to begin Full Time employment starting July 2024.
Additional or Preferred Qualifications
- A publication record in any of the following modeling paradigms: LLMs/probabilistic graphical models/Bayesian networks/deep learning/reinforcement learning/time series/active
- Experience in any of the deep learning frameworks.
- 2+ years experience and proven knowledge in Python/R/Scala or similar.
Application experience in language, speech, vision, graphics, gaming, recommendation - systems, or other big-data applications a bonus.
- Proficient written and oral communication skills
- Energized by creating AI solutions that can positively impact the work and lives of millions of people.
- Passion for data-driven learning.
- Excited by the prospect of working on a wide variety of datasets and AI applications, across many products and engineering teams.
- Believe that AI is a team sport
- Love being an active member of a diverse and inclusive cohort.
Applied Sciences IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $94,300 - $182,600 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 $120,900 - $198,600 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 is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
