About the Role

Research Internship focusing on designing and implementing state-of-the-art language and multimodal models to transform the Windows experience. This hands-on role involves working on machine learning projects from ideation to shipping, collaborating with researchers, and contributing to real-world impact at Microsoft scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and lead implementation of state-of-the-art language and multimodal models
• Collaborate with researchers and product teams across the organization
• Work on machine learning projects from ideation to shipping
• Present findings and contribute to research community
• Turn ideas into reality with real-world impact at Microsoft scale

Required Skills & Qualifications

Must Have:

• Currently enrolled in PhD program in Computer Science or related STEM field
• At least 2 years research experience in LLMs, multimodal models, agents, or reinforcement learning
• Physically located at manager's Microsoft worksite for internship duration
• Submit minimum of two reference letters, cover letter, and relevant work/research samples

Nice to Have:

• Passion for incubating new ideas and building working prototypes
• Experience training/finetuning large language models, model compression, distillation
• Experience with Python and deep learning libraries
• Desire to create reusable software libraries and packages
• Experience with dataset curation, data generation using LLMs, model alignment
• Experience with reinforcement learning libraries or formal methods
• Experience of scientific writing in top-tier conferences/journals

Benefits & Perks

• Industry leading healthcare