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Senior Researcher - Machine Learning & Statistics - Microsoft Research

United States, Massachusetts, CambridgeFull-time2026-10-22 → 2026-11-09

Core

Define and lead an independent research agenda spanning fundamental and applied work, contributing to large-scale research efforts and exploring opportunities to inform products and services.

Role type

Senior Researcher (Machine Learning & Statistics)

Builds

Large-scale research efforts and influential results

Domain

Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning

Deliverable

research

Required skills

Running large scale experiments with transformers/LLMs pre-training and/or finetuning, creating and optimizing large scale machine learning pipelines, building data collection and curation pipelines, conducting rigorous research, developing new ideas

Preferred skills

Collaborating across disciplines, communicating effectively, working in multi-disciplinary teams, interest in real-world applications

Technologies

Transformers, LLMs, pre-training, finetuning, machine learning pipelines

Responsibilities

Define and lead independent research agenda, collaborate with researchers and engineers, contribute to large-scale research efforts, develop new ideas, conduct rigorous research, publish influential results

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC