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Microsoft Corporation Senior Machine Learning Engineer in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Microsoft Research (MSR) is hiring a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to work with our labs in New York City and New England!
We are looking for a Senior Machine Learning Engineer with analytical and developer skills to join our team to develop industry leading machine learning solutions. Successful candidates will have several years of experience designing, training and tuning machine learning (ML) models and their supporting infrastructure. A large part of the role will be spent incubating new ideas with researchers and working with product team engineers and/or partners who leverage the research. As a result, candidates should be comfortable learning new approaches and pushing the boundaries of current conventions while applying sound engineering principles.
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.
In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.
Responsibilities
You'll be a member of a cross-disciplinary team of engineers, data scientists and researchers working in a research-oriented environment
Learning new skills rapidly and applying as needed, e.g., learn a new machine learning algorithm from a research paper and implementing it
Software engineering fundamentals, including coding, testing, problem solving and data analysis skills
Providing high quality support to all researchers in the lab and our user community.
Creating and maintainingtechnical relationships with product teams.
Ability to effectively work in collaborative multiple project team environment
Develop and deploy solutions with Microsoft Partners for solving business problems using machine learning and predictive modeling techniques
Ability to continually ramp up on latest deep learning model architectures/algorithms, Open AI enhancements and large language models (LLM) directions
Embody our culture (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/culture) and values (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values)
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, or related fieldAND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
OR equivalent experience
4+ years experience in applying, implementing, and/or developing algorithms for machine learning, artificial intelligence, or statistics
2+ years of industry experience with Machine Learning (ML) engineering programming languages and platforms, including, but not limited to: Python, Python numerical libraries, PyTorch or TensorFlow
Preferred Qualifications
Masters or Doctorate in Computer Science, Economics, Statistics, Operations Research or equivalent technical field
Experience working in an academic research environment
Experience with deep learning models, large language model (LLM) inference and fine tuning techniques, such as Low-Rank Adaption (LoRA), and packages, such as HuggingFace
Experience building, debugging and maintainingdistributed ML training jobs and infrastructure with PyTorch or similar frameworks
Ability to work independently and ramp-up quickly on complex and unfamiliar code and self-teach in new domains
Experience with engineering practices, continuous integration and continuous delivery/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines and Git
Effective communication skills, both verbal and written
Experience contributing and/or maintaining open sourceprojects
Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $112,000 - $218,400 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 $145,800 - $238,600 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
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