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Principal Applied Researcher

Microsoft· Research Sciences
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Hybrid (Redmond), Hybrid (Mountain View), Hybrid (New York)$142.8k - $274.8kfull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Principal Applied Researcher leading groundbreaking AI for developers research projects, collaborating with Microsoft Research, product teams and GitHub to train and deploy state-of-the-art models for software engineering and developer tooling.

Responsibilities

  • Lead research projects on the future of AI for developers
  • Collaborate across disciplines with product teams across Microsoft and Github
  • Stay up to date with the research literature and product advances in AI for software engineering
  • Create new datasets from both the world’s public code and Microsoft’s internal data
  • Build and manage large-scale ML experiments and models
  • Embody our Culture and Values

Qualifications

  • Doctorate in relevant field OR Master’s Degree in relevant field AND 3+ years related research experience OR Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field AND 4+ years related research experience OR equivalent experience.

Skills

Required:Research leadership
Nice to have:Publication and academic disseminationMachine learning for productionProduct development lifecycle
Last updated Jul 2, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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