Join Microsoft as a Principal Research Scientist - Responsible & Open AI Research (ROAR)

Microsoft is excited to announce an exceptional opportunity for highly skilled and passionate Research Scientists to join the Responsible & Open AI Research (ROAR) team within Azure Cognitive Services in Redmond, WA. As a Principal Research Scientist, you will play an instrumental role in advancing Responsible AI methodologies to ensure the safe release of GenAI models such as GPT-4o, DALL-E, Sora, and beyond. You will also contribute to enhancing the Azure AI Content Safety Service's capabilities.

About Microsoft

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Responsibilities

As a Principal Research Scientist, you will:

• Conduct cutting-edge, deployment-driven research to develop Responsible AI definitions, methodologies, algorithms, and models for both measurement and mitigation of textual and multimodal AI risks.
• Stay updated with the latest advancements in the field and contribute to the scientific community through publications at top venues.
• Enable the safe release of multimodal models from OpenAI in Azure OpenAI Service, and enhance the Azure AI Content Safety Service with new detection/mitigation technologies for text and multimodal content.
• Develop innovative approaches to address AI safety challenges for diverse customer scenarios.
• Review business and product requirements and incorporate state-of-the-art research to formulate plans that meet business goals.
• Identify gaps and determine the tools, technologies, and methods needed to ensure quality and scientific rigor.
• Provide mentorship and coaching to less experienced and mid-level team members.
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Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Doctorate in a relevant field AND 3+ years of related research experience OR equivalent experience.
• Proficient in algorithmic problem-solving and software development (Python/Java/C++).
• Proficiency with open-source tools like PyTorch.
• Experience with statistical analysis and data visualization tools.
• 1+ publication(s) in top-tier conferences or journals (e.g., ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, AAAI, KDD, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, etc.).
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.

Preferred Qualifications:

• At least eight years of research/applied science experience in NLP/LLM, Computer Vision, Multimodal understanding, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, or a similar field.
• Industry experience with large-scale data processing, distributed computing, or cloud platforms.
• Experience collaborating with diverse technical and cultural teams.
• Experience leading deployment efforts across varied technical expertise.
• Demonstrated interest and/or experience in Responsible AI and fairness considerations.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.

Compensation and Benefits

The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $137,600 - $267,000 per year. Specific locations such as the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area have a different range: USD $180,400 - $294,000 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. For more details, visit .

Application Deadline

Microsoft will accept applications for this role until June 19, 2024.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Microsoft is committed to diversity and inclusion. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave,