Required Minimum Qualifications

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

As a Member of Technical Staff – Machine Learning (AI Team), you will work to create LLM models for general purpose capabilities and for products. You may be responsible for developing new methods to train core LLM capabilities (including agentive), collecting data, evaluating LLMs, creating data flywheels, tooling for LLM training/evals, writing production quality code, and creating new user-facing features. You should be comfortable creating Reinforcement Learning data, fine tuning, or training classifiers or engineering prompts to support Microsoft products and the Cloud API. We’re looking for someone with experience in machine learning, software engineering, as well as an effective communicator and great teammate. The right candidate takes the initiative, is user-centered and enjoys building world-class AI experiences and products in a fast-paced environment.

Starting January 26, 2026, MAI employees are expected to work from a designated Microsoft office at least four days a week if they live within 50 miles (U.S.) or 25 miles (non-U.S., country-specific) of that location. This expectation is subject to local law and may vary by jurisdiction.

Microsoft Superintelligence Team
Microsoft Superintelligence team’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.

This role is part of Microsoft AI’s Superintelligence Team. The MAIST is a startup-like team inside Microsoft AI, created to push the boundaries of AI toward Humanist Superintelligence—ultra-capable systems that remain controllable, safety-aligned, and anchored to human values. Our mission is to create AI that amplifies human potential while ensuring humanity remains firmly in control. We aim to deliver breakthroughs that benefit society—advancing science, education, and global well-being.

We’re also fortunate to partner with incredible product teams giving our models the chance to reach billions of users and create immense positive impact. If you’re a brilliant, highly-ambitious and low ego individual, you’ll fit right in—come and join us as we work on our next generation of models!

• Leverage subject matter expertise to improve model quality for interactive and agentive experiences.
• Oversee data acquisition or generation efforts, ensuring that the data meets the model needs.
• Generalize machine learning (ML) solutions into repeatable frameworks.
• Lead evaluation efforts of models, including those deployed within Microsoft products and the Cloud API.
• Track advances in industry and academia, identifies relevant state-of-the-art research, and adapts algorithms and/or techniques to drive innovation and develop new solutions.
• Independently write efficient, readable, extensible code and model pipelines.
• Commit to a customer-oriented focus by acknowledging customer needs and perspectives and building AI products that delight customers.
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Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Doctorate in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Human-Centered AI or related field AND 2+ year(s) experience (e.g., finetuning models with supervision or reinforcement learning, understanding and fixing data quality and curation, working with collaborators on creating new products).
• OR Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field AND 5+ years experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, developing and debugging models, creating infrastructure for AI-powered products).
• OR Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Machine Learning, Physics, or related field AND 7+ years data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying machine learning techniques and driving product direction).
• Demonstrated engineering experience or research experience (e.g. creating or leading the creation of a feature in a different company, complex graduate work, research papers, or other experience).
• 4+ years of data science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying machine learning techniques and driving product direction).
• Experience prompting, evaluating, and working with large language models.
• Experience writing production-quality Python code.

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

Required Minimum Qualifications

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

Required Minimum Qualifications

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

• Are passionate about shipping models into products that users will love 
• Will thrive in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment 
• Have a high degree of craftsmanship and pay close attention to details 
• Demonstrate a proactive attitude and enthusiasm for exploring new methods and technologies 
• Are willing to meaningfully contribute as individuals with multiple responsibilities and can adjust to shifting priorities  

• Develop data collection, evaluation, and finetuning methods for models. 
• Design hypotheses and experiment plans for rapidly iterating on model performance. 
• Prototype new model features and capabilities and collaborate with engineers and researchers across Microsoft AI to make them a reality. 
• Collaborate with pretraining and product platform teams to establish good vertical integration and ship models that Copilot users love. 
• Embody our culture and values. 

• · Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python  
• Expertise in post-training of AI models

• Demonstrated experience in large-scale AI. 
• Passionate about conversational AI and its deployment. 
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and other engineers.   
• Passion for learning new technologies and staying up to date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in AI.  
• Proven ability to collaborate and contribute to a positive, inclusive work environment, fostering knowledge sharing and growth within the team.  
• Proven research track record in a domain related field supported by exceptional papers

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

• Have proven expertise in areas of interest, evidenced by an exceptional publication track record and/or significant technical leadership in high-impact projects. 
• Exhibit strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and a commitment to data-driven decision-making. 
• Have experience and/or in-depth understandings about large-scale distributed systems. 
• Demonstrate an ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, innovative environment. 

• Develop algorithms, design model architectures, conduct experiments, champion measurement and evaluation, innovate datasets and data pipelines 
• Improve training and deployment efficiency, paying careful attention to detail, persevering, and learning from everyone’s attempts whether successful or not. 
• Follow a rigorous data-driven approach grounded in meticulous ablation studies and scientific analysis 
• Innovate and iterate over ideas, prototypes, and product. 
• Collaborate closely with teams on infrastructure, data engineering, pre-training, post-training, and product feedback 
• Advance the AI frontier responsibly 
• Embody our culture and values. 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Math, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND experience in business analytics, data science, software development, data modelling or data engineering work 
• OR Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Math, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND experience in business analytics, data science, software development, or data engineering work 
• OR equivalent experience. 
• Expertise in multimodal Research with a strong publishing track record

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

• Create high-quality datasets for training and evaluation; run experiments on new datasets (data ablations) to assess their impact and determine the most effective data
• Develop and maintain scalable data pipelines for multimodal ingestion, pre-processing, filtering, and annotation
• Analyse real-world multimodal datasets to assess quality, diversity, relevance, and identify areas for improvement
• Build lightweight tools and workflows for dataset auditing, visualization, and versioning
• Collaborate with Safety, Ethics, and Governance teams to ensure datasets meet standards for quality, privacy, and responsible AI practices

• Bachelor’s Degree in AI, Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Physics, Engineering, or a related technical field AND technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, Python and common data libraries (Pandas, NumPy, etc.)
• OR equivalent experience
• Experience in data analysis or data engineering
• Proficiency in statistics and exploratory data analysis methods
• Ability to communicate technical findings effectively to research and product teams

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, Python and common data libraries (Pandas, NumPy, etc.)
• Familiarity with data processing frameworks such as Spark, Ray, Apache Beam
• Experience working with large-scale, real-world datasets that are unstructured or semi-structured

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

• Have proven expertise in areas of interest, evidenced by an exceptional publication track record and significant technical leadership in high-impact projects 
• Exhibit strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and a commitment to data-driven decision-making 
• Have experience and/or in-depth understandings about large-scale distributed systems 
• Demonstrate an ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, innovative environment 

• Develop algorithms, model architectures, data mixtures, and scaling laws for large-scale training using a rigorous data-driven approach grounded in meticulous ablations  
• Drive algorithmic implementations, conduct experiments, and oversee flagship training runs on our in-house large-scale distributed stack  
• Collaborate closely with teams on infrastructure, data, post-training, and multimodality 
• Embody our culture and values. 

• · Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python 
• Proven expertise in the area of pretraining

• Demonstrated experience in large-scale AI. 
• Passionate about conversational AI and its deployment. 
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and other engineers.   
• Passion for learning new technologies and staying up to date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in AI.  
• Proven ability to collaborate and contribute to a positive, inclusive work environment, fostering knowledge sharing and growth within the team. 

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

• Have proven expertise in areas of interest, evidenced by an exceptional publication track record and significant technical leadership in high-impact projects 
• Exhibit strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and a commitment to data-driven decision-making 
• Have experience and/or in-depth understandings about large-scale distributed systems 
• Demonstrate an ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, innovative environment 

• Develop algorithms, model architectures, data mixtures, and scaling laws for large-scale training using a rigorous data-driven approach grounded in meticulous ablations  
• Drive algorithmic implementations, conduct experiments, and oversee flagship training runs on our in-house large-scale distributed stack  
• Collaborate closely with teams on infrastructure, data, post-training, and multimodality 
• Embody our culture and values. 

• · Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python 
• Proven expertise in the area of pretraining

• Demonstrated experience in large-scale AI. 
• Passionate about conversational AI and its deployment. 
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and other engineers.   
• Passion for learning new technologies and staying up to date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in AI.  
• Proven ability to collaborate and contribute to a positive, inclusive work environment, fostering knowledge sharing and growth within the team. 

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

• Have built data collection or evaluation pipelines for pre-training or post-training AI models 
• Have experience in working side-by-side with ML researchers or ML infrastructure teams to build large scale ML / AI models 
• Take the initiative and enjoys finding paths through complexity in a fast-paced environment, innovative environment 
• Are passionate about managing high stakes time-sensitive large-scale goals, and drive to relentlessly unblock progress 
• Demonstrate a proactive attitude and enthusiasm for exploring new methods and are familiar with research and technical advancement in their area 
• Have worked backwards from customer needs to deliver robust, scalable solutions that empower developers and enterprise customers.

• Identify and prioritize language / coding / multimodal issues and work with researchers to find a path to resolution. 
• Create novel data collection tasks for taskers to evaluate models and to collect training data for fine-tuning. 
• Create model prototypes to prove out new feature directions and scope projects. 
• Collaborate closely with teams on infrastructure, data engineering, pre-training, post-training, and product feedback 
• Foster a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and growth. 
• Advance the AI frontier responsibly  

• Bachelor’s Degree AND proven experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience. 
• Direct, hands-on collaboration with model researchers and ML engineers in areas such as training runs, data evaluation, infrastructure, coding, or safety.
• Experience building and shipping data pipelines or evaluation systems personally. 

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.