Microsoft Research Intern - AI Agents & Reasoning 

Taiwan, Taoyuan City 

356311750

• Currently enrolled or accepted in a PhD program in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related STEM field.
• At least 1 year of experience in conducting research and authoring peer-reviewed publications.

Other Requirements

• Research Interns are expected to be physically located in their manager’s Microsoft worksite location for the duration of their internship.
• In addition to the qualifications below, you’ll need to submit a minimum of two reference letters for this position as well as a cover letter and any relevant work or research samples. After you submit your application, a request for letters may be sent to your list of references on your behalf. Note that reference letters cannot be requested until after you have submitted your application, and furthermore, that they might not be automatically requested for all candidates. You may wish to alert your letter writers in advance, so they will be ready to submit your letter.

• Experience in machine learning, natural language processing, or related AI areas (e.g., LLMs, AI agents, Reasoning).
• Hands-on experience with one or more topics: large language model fine-tuning, reinforcement learning, prompt engineering, agent memory architectures, planning and reasoning modules, or multi-agent system design and implementation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively in cross-functional, multi-disciplinary teams across research and product groups.
• Research contributions demonstrated through publications in top venues such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, AAAI, IJCAI, KDD or related conferences.