About the Role
We are seeking a highly skilled and passionate Research Scientist to join our Responsible & OpenAI Research (ROAR) team in Azure Cognitive Services. As a Research Scientist, you will play a key role in advancing the field of Responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) to ensure safe releases of the rapidly advancing AI technologies, such as GPT-4, GPT-4V, DALL-E 3 and beyond, as well as to expand and enhance our standalone Azure AI Content Safety Service.
Responsibilities
- Conduct cutting-edge research to develop Responsible AI definitions, methodologies, algorithms, and models for both measurement and mitigation of AI risks.
- Stay abreast of the latest advancements in the field and contribute to the scientific community through publications at top venues.
- Contribute to the development of Responsible AI policies, guidelines, and best practices and ensure the practical implementation of these guidelines within various AI technology stacks across Microsoft, promoting a consistent approach to Responsible AI.
- Enable the safe release of new Azure OpenAI Service features, expand and enhance the Azure AI Content Safety Service with new detection technologies.
- Develop innovative approaches to address AI safety challenges for diverse customer scenarios.
Required/Minimum Qualifications
- Master's Degree in a relevant field AND 1+ year(s) related research experience OR equivalent experience.
- Research/Applied Science experience in Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Multimodal analysis, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, or a related field.
- Experience with algorithmic problem solving and software development skills (Python/Java/C++).
- Experience with open-source tools such as PyTorch, as well as experience with statistical analysis and data visualization tools.
Preferred/Additional Qualifications
- Publication(s) in conferences or journals in AI related fields, e.g., CVPR (Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition).
- Experience with large-scale data processing, distributed computing, or cloud platforms.
- Demonstrated interest and/or expertise in Responsible AI and fairness considerations.
- Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills.