Principal Researcher - Generative AI
@ Microsoft

New York, NY
$331,200
On Site
Full Time
Posted 23 days ago

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About the Role

Join Microsoft Research AI Frontiers as a Principal Researcher - Generative AI. This role is located in Redmond, WA or New York City, NY and focuses on advancing Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) technologies.

Key Responsibilities

  • Perform cutting-edge research in Generative AI.
  • Lead multi-disciplinary teams towards breakthrough innovations.
  • Collaborate with researchers, engineers, and product groups.
  • Develop methods for reasoning and inference-time compute strategies.
  • Contribute to publications and open research artifacts.

What We Offer

The lab provides access to diverse real-world problems, experimentation opportunities, open publication policies, and close links to top academic institutions.

Responsibilities & Culture

Embody Microsoft’s values of respect, integrity, and inclusion through responsible research and open collaboration. Your work has a real-world impact, influencing technologies used worldwide.

Key skills/competency

  • Generative AI
  • LLMs
  • Research
  • Foundation Models
  • Inference Strategies
  • Multi-disciplinary Collaboration
  • Publication
  • Agentic Systems
  • Problem Solving
  • Innovation
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How to Get Hired at Microsoft

🎯 Tips for Getting Hired

  • Customize your resume: Highlight your AI research and publication experience.
  • Showcase technical expertise: Detail LLM and generative model projects.
  • Research Microsoft: Understand company culture and recent initiatives.
  • Prepare academic portfolio: Include conference papers and tools.

📝 Interview Preparation Advice

Technical Preparation

Review latest LLM architectures.
Study inference and compute strategies.
Update knowledge on foundation models.
Practice coding research experiments.

Behavioral Questions

Describe a teamwork challenge successfully handled.
Explain conflict resolution in multidisciplinary groups.
Share an example of adapting to change.
Discuss a time you led a research project.

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