Applied Science Intern

Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of University interns from every corner of the world. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential-and excitement for the journey ahead.

As a Applied Science Intern , you will conduct research and lead research collaborations that yield new insights, theories, analyses, data, algorithms, and / or prototypes that advance the state-of-the-art of computer science and engineering, as well as general scientific knowledge. You will formulate research problems involving AI and Gaming and initiate the design, development, execution and implementation of prototypes and a research agenda to further academic knowledge and close identified gaps and provide expertise to product or business groups and may create long-term business opportunities through research outcomes, but not responsible for addressing immediate product needs or demonstrating a clear path to product.

We are seeking candidates excelling in deep thinking research aspects and fast-paced entrepreneurial execution. The ideal candidates should have the ability to work with researchers and product team colleagues at Microsoft to push forward research agendas in Gaming and AI, being a team player in a collaborative and supportive environment with outstanding programming skills. We are seeking candidates with research skills and technical backgrounds. Applicants should demonstrate depth of knowledge in Natural Language Understanding, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Algorithmic Foundations of Optimization, Data Mining or Machine Intelligence (Artificial Intelligence) as well as strong academia experience in data processing, experimentation, and modeling.

Microsoft works with the world's best researchers, moving with the current of technology as it rapidly evolves. Together we share the motivation to seek innovative solutions to the world's toughest challenges and improve the lives of people everywhere. Microsoft provides a nurturing environment to support passionate researchers and engineers in AI technology innovation.

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

Experiment, benchmark and improve performance cutting-edge multimodal models on Gaming, multimodal applications.

Implement prototypes of scalable and efficient multimodal models in gaming applications.

Collaborate closely with team members on developing systems and models from prototyping to a future production deployment.

Research new tools, technologies, and methods being used in the research community and contribute your knowledge around a specialized tool / method to support planning for research projects.

Qualifications

Required Qulifications :

Currently pursuing a Doctorates or Master Degree in a relevant field, e.g., Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing.

Must have at least one additional quarter / semester of school remaining following the completion of the internship

Candidate must be enrolled in a full time PhD or Master's program in area relevant for the role?during the academic term immediately before their internship.

Preferred Qualifications :

Experience creating, benchmarking, and training models using Python, Pytorch, and Pytorch Lightning.

Experience (classroom or work related) in one or more areas of computer science, such as Natural LanguageUnderstanding, Neural Networks, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Algorithmic Foundations of Optimization, Data Science, Privacy, etc.

One or more publications in top-tier conferences or Journals; e.g., NeurIPS, ICLR, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, IJCV, TPAMI, NAACL, and EMNLP.

Experience working with Multi-modal data (visual, audio, and language) and models (e.g., transformers, diffusion, flow-matching), etc.

The base pay range for this internship is USD $5610.00 - $11010.00 per month. 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 $7270.00 - $12030.00 per month.

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Microsoft accepts applications and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and / or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations () .

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and / or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations () .