Microsoft GenAI, works on creating novel state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence (AI) models, related infrastructure, and customization tooling. It collaborates deeply with OpenAI and many Microsoft teams across the company, such as Azure AI Platform, Microsoft Research, and numerous product groups.
Microsoft GenAI is looking for a Principal Research Lead to join the team on large language model understanding and training, which will mostly covered supervised fine-tuning, RLHF, and some other post-training techniques and their evaluation
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Responsibilities
Model Development and Training.
Data Preparation and Processing, as well as data curation and mixing.
Performance Evaluation on the pre-trained model and post-trained models.
Collaboration with Microsoft 1P product group.
Research and Innovation: Stayed updated with the latest developments in deep learning and Natural Language Processing (NLP).
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Qualifications
Required Qualifications
Doctorate in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, or a related field AND 5+ years related-research experience
OR equivalent experience.
5+ years experience in machine learning, Natural Language Processing (NLP) and/or deep learning.
Preferred Qualifications:
Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, and familiarity with machine learning frameworks PyTorch and Triton.
Experience in Large Language Models (LLM) pre/post-training.
Experience with data processing and handling large datasets.
Ability to work collaboratively in a team and communicate complex concepts effectively.
Experienced in leading a fast-tracking engineering team in model development.
Research Sciences IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $158,500 - $276,600 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $202,800 - $304,200 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
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