Remote Machine Learning Research Engineer Job in Mountain View, CA Microsoft

Who you are

• Master's Degree in relevant field AND 1+ year(s) related research experience OR equivalent experience
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements
• Must pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
• Master's Degree/PhD in Machine learning, Computer Architecture/Systems, High-Performance Computing or related areas
• 2+ years experience in ML systems/Model optimizations/Efficient model architecture
• Track record of original research and delivering novel results in ML systems area
• Hands-on experience with frameworks such as PyTorch/TensorFlow/TensorRT
• Deep knowledge of CNN/transformer architecture and optimization strategies – quantization, sparsity, NAS, sharding, KV Cache, Flash Attention
• Solid programming skills in Python/C/C++
• Experience in implementing low-level linear algebra/BLAS kernels and performance optimizations
• Outstanding communication skills

What the job involves

• Drive model/HW codesign and development
• Analyze and develop novel NN architectures
• Invent novel low-precision data formats and model architectures
• Collaborate with data scientists, ML researchers, HW architecture, and SW framework teams

Application process

• Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 8, 2024