Senior Researcher - AI Systems - Microsoft Research

Microsoft
U.S. / San Francisco Bay area / New York City metropolitan area2026-01-07onsite

About the job

Microsoft Research seeks a Senior Researcher specializing in one or more areas of Artificial Intelligence (AI) infrastructure, Machine Learning (ML) systems, and high-performance computing (HPC) systems. The position involves working collaboratively to advance state-of-the art in AI Systems and improving the efficiency and scalability of production systems across the full AI model lifecycle: pre-training, supervised fine-tuning, reinforcement-learning-based post-training, and inference.

Responsibilities

Drive high-impact research in AI infrastructure, ML systems, HPC systems, with a focus on building large production-scale systems.

Collaborate to develop and test out new ideas within existing or new collaborative teams.

Build and maintain state of the art systems in this space.

Collaborate in preparing technical papers and presentations.

Qualifications

Minimum

Doctorate (or are currently pursuing) in ML systems, high-performance computing, or relevant fields AND 3+ years related research experience

Preferred

3 years of experience building large scale AI infrastructure, ML systems, and/or HPC systems.

Active participation in engineering efforts in the above areas, with involvement in building and maintaining systems.

Active participation in research as demonstrated by publications.

Demonstrable ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team.