Senior Research Scientist

The Data and AI team in Microsoft's Developer Division is working on the future of AI-powered developer tools such as Github Copilot used by millions of developers around the world! Pushing the boundary of knowledge in the interdisciplinary world of NLP and software engineering, our team brings the state of the art to development environments, debuggers, DevOps, CLI, and Azure cloud tools. This opportunity offers both the intellectual challenge of creating knowledge and working with large-scale product environments.

We are looking for an innovative Senior Research Scientist working on the future of AI-powered developer tools.

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.

Responsibilities:

• Work on the future of AI-powered developer tools.
• Keep up to date with the research literatures.
• Create new datasets from both the world's public code and Microsoft's internal data.
• Build and manage large-scale ML experiments and models.
• Create new benchmarks.
• Present work to both internal teams and public conferences.
• Utilization of effective writing skills for producing both papers and patents.
• Embody our Culture and Values .

Qualifications:

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• Doctorate in relevant field
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Experience working on development skills in Python, C#, C ++, or Java.
• Experience publishing academic papers as a lead author or essential contributorat software engineering, machine learning or NLP conferences.

Other Requirements:

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Effective communication skills and aptitude to present research papers
• Potential teamwork and collaboration skills.
• 5+ years development skills in Python, C#, C ++, or Java.
• Experience in productizing machine learning models is desirable.

Research Sciences IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $117,200 - $229,200 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 $153,600 - $250,200 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 will accept applications for the role until Aug 1, 2024.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .

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