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Senior Researcher - AI Systems

Microsoft· Research Sciences
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Cambridge, United Kingdom£74.7k - £122.6kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Senior researcher focusing on the systems foundations of future AI infrastructure, spanning distributed systems, programming languages, networking, memory and storage, runtimes, abstractions, and platforms to improve performance, efficiency, reliability, and scalability of AI workloads.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct original research on the systems foundations of future AI infrastructure and large-scale computing platforms.
  • Design new abstractions, architectures, runtimes, and systems that improve performance, scalability, efficiency, reliability, and programmability of emerging AI workloads.
  • Build research prototypes and experimental platforms that explore future directions for AI infrastructure.
  • Evaluate ideas through rigorous analysis, large-scale experimentation, and real-world workloads.
  • Collaborate with researchers and engineers across Microsoft Research and product groups to shape long-term research directions and transfer research into practice.
  • Publish high-quality research in top-tier venues.
  • Contribute to an open, collaborative, and multidisciplinary research environment.

Qualifications

  • PhD (or equivalent research experience) in Computer Science or a related discipline.
  • Strong research track record in computer systems or a closely related area.
  • Demonstrated ability to conduct independent research and communicate results through publications, prototypes, or other impactful outcomes.
  • Research expertise in one or more core systems areas: distributed computing, networking, memory, programming languages, machine learning systems, computer architecture, databases, or related fields.
  • Ability to work effectively across disciplinary boundaries and collaborate with diverse research and engineering teams.

Skills

Required:PhD or equivalent research experienceSystems research in computer scienceIndependent research and publicationDistributed computingNetworking, memory, programming languages, ML systems, architecture, databasesCross-disciplinary collaboration
Nice to have:Publication in top venuesLeadership in collaborations
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