Microsoft Principal Research Software Engineer 

United States, Washington 

527078262

systems and research.

The mission of thelab is to expand the pareto frontier of AI capabilities, efficiency, and safety through innovations in foundation models and learning agent platforms. Some of our projects include work on multi-agent systems (e.g. AutoGen), small language models (e.g. Phi, Orca), foundation models for actions (e.g., in gaming, robotics, and Office productivity tools), and evaluation (e.g., Eureka).

We are seeking exceptional candidates to advance the state-of-the-art in foundation model-based agentic systems and interaction research. Focus areas include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Multi-agent systems and applications
• Foundation model-based agents
• Reliable and general-purpose agentic capabilities
• Human-AI/agent interaction and experiences
• Agentic evaluation and tooling
• Responsible AI

As aon our team, you will work hands-on on challenging and impactful projects. You will apply your strong software engineering skills and expertise to a range of problems including rapid prototyping and testing of research hypotheses, contributing to, releasing, and maintaining high-quality open-source libraries and frameworks, and building and deploying robust practical solutions to real world problems. Additionally, you will collaborate closely with other researchers and engineers across the company to amplify your impact and grow your career in a supportive and stimulating environment.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Scienceorrelevant fieldAND 6+ yearsrelatedtechnical engineering/researchexperience
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of experience in Python.
• 2+ year(s)hands-onexperiencebuildingapplications with AI features, experience with machine learning(ML)frameworks (such asPytorch,Tensorflow, or scikit-learn),ORexperience with AI/MLmodeldevelopmentorevaluation

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, Python, JavaScript , C#, or C++
  • OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, Python, JavaScript, C#, or C++
  • OR Doctorate (or currently pursuing) in Computer Science or related fields AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, Python, JavaScript, C#, or C++
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated software engineering excellence building and deploying prototypes, applications, or open-source (OSS) technologies. Providing a link to GitHub profile (if available) and/or code samples, is highly encouraged.
• Hands-on experience building and working with large foundation models (e.g., OpenAI GPT models, LLAMA etc) and related prompting techniques, frameworks and toolkits (e.g., ICL, CoT, ReACT, Langchain, AutoGen).
• Experience building applications with foundation models – from collecting data/labels, measuring task performance to deploying models as api’s that address concrete problems.
• Experience building user interfaces or front-end development.
• Experience working in multi-disciplinary teams along with a team player mindset, characterized by effective communication, collaboration, and feedback skills.
• Experience publishing academic papers at relevant conferences and journals (such as CHI, UIST, AAAI, NeurIPS, ICML, ACL) is welcome but not required.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:Microsoft will accept applications for the role until December 22, 2024.

• Apply software engineering skills to build, test, and deploy robust and intuitive AI-based technologies, libraries, and applications.
• Work closely with researchers and engineers to rapidly prototype and test new AI research ideas driving a high-impact agenda.
• Collaborate hands-on with other researchers, engineers, and product group partners on high-impact projects that deliver real-world impact to people and society.

• Embody our and .