Senior Researcher
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Jan 22, 2025 | |
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OverviewMicrosoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit thinking in a cloud-enabled world.Microsoft's Azure Data engineering team is leading the transformation of analytics in the world of data with products like databases, data integration, big data analytics, messaging & real-time analytics, and business intelligence. The products our portfolio include Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Power BI. Our mission is to build the data platform for the age of AI, powering a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture. Within Azure Data, the databases team builds and maintains Microsoft's operational Database systems. We store and manage data in a structured way to enable multitude of applications across various industries. We are on a journey to enable developer friendly, mission-critical, AI enabled operational Databases across relational, non-relational and OSS offerings. Azure Cosmos DB is building AI-based information retrieval to enable search, recommendations and RAG scenarios. For example, we are building state-of-the-art systems for vector search. We are innovating both on the research (e.g., see the DiskANN project) and engineering as part of the effort. We are hiring a researcher with expertise in information retrieval, vector search, embedding models, semantic re-ranking, GraphRAG and related areas. The role would involve developing the state-of-the-art techniques in these areas, as well as advising the team on designing and building these systems. We do not just value differences or different perspectives. We seek them out and invite them in so we can tap into the collective power of everyone in the company. As a result, our customers are better served.
ResponsibilitiesIdentifies and articulates problems in an area of research that are academically novel and may directly or indirectly impact business opportunities.Advances a research agenda through one or more research projects, yielding new algorithms, prototypes, theories, tools, methods, analyses, insights, or collections of data in one or more subareas or a broad area of research.Masters one or more subareas and gains expertise in a broad area of research (e.g., Machine Learning [ML], Natural Language Processing, Information Retrieval, Search systems); understands the corresponding literature, applicable research techniques, and academic context.Researches and develops an understanding of the state-of-the-art insights, tools, technologies, or methods being used in the research community; applies deep subject matter expert knowledge around several specialized tools/methods to support planning for research projects. Begins to evaluate insights based on their impact and value.Expands collaborative relationships with relevant product and business groups inside or outside of Microsoft as a world expert and provides expertise or technology to them. Takes initiative and participates in activities such as technology transfers attempts, standards organizations, filing patents, authoring white papers, developing or maintaining tools/services for internal Microsoft use, or consulting for product or business groups.Collaborates with other relevant researchers or research groups to contribute to or advance a research agenda; reviews papers and organizes workshops or conference sessions. Publishes papers as lead author for high-quality conferences and journals, with an impact similar to that of a (United States) assistant professor.Embody our culture and values | |