Senior Researcher - AI Systems - Microsoft Research
Core
Conduct original research on systems foundations for future AI infrastructure and large-scale computing platforms, designing new abstractions, architectures, and runtimes to improve performance, scalability, and efficiency of emerging AI workloads.
Role type
Senior Researcher (AI Systems)
Builds
Research prototypes and experimental platforms exploring future directions for AI infrastructure.
Domain
Computer Systems + Artificial Intelligence
Deliverable
production ML models | research
Required skills
Independent research, rigorous analysis, large-scale experimentation, cross-disciplinary collaboration, translating research to deployable systems, publication writing
Preferred skills
Leadership in building collaborations and shaping research agendas
Technologies
Distributed computing, networking, memory, programming languages, machine learning systems, computer architecture, databases
Responsibilities
Design new abstractions, architectures, and runtimes; Build research prototypes and experimental platforms; Evaluate ideas through rigorous analysis and large-scale experimentation; Publish high-quality research in top-tier venues
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
