Applied AI Engineer II

Security represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all. We want to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end to end, simplified solutions. The Microsoft Security organization accelerates Microsoft’s mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers’ heterogeneous environments, as well as ensuring the security of our own internal estate. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world.

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.

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline AND 2+ years related experience (e.g., technical engineering, applied research)
  • OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline AND 1+ years related experience (e.g., technical engineering, applied research)
  • OR Doctorate in in Computer Science, or related technical discipline
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 1+ years of experience in shipping ML/AI-based services or applications. 

Other Requirements:

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with generative AI/ agentic frameworks, multi modal models, training and fine-tuning of transformer-based models, information retrieval or reinforcement learning
• Experience in safety and ethical aspects of AI.
• Experience in working with large-scale datasets.
• Experience in cyber security and safety domains, such as malware detection, fraud prevention, cyber-physical systems, adversary tradecraft, emerging threats or SOC operations
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, ability to simplify and explain complex ideas.

Applied Sciences IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $98,300 - $193,200 per year. 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 $127,200 - $208,800 per year.

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Microsoft will accept applications for the role until February 3, 2025

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• You will document work in progress and share findings to promote innovation within a group. You’ll also learn and follow ethics and privacy policies while executing research processes or collecting information.

•  You will apply strategies provided by senior team members and incorporate state-of-the-art research that builds transformative defensive and red teaming AI capabilities with demonstrated scientific rigor.

• Work with defenders, threat hunters, PMs, researchers and engineers to turn research into effective solutions that improve our ability to protect ourselves.
• Build industry leading systems that are scalable, reliable, and secure with appropriate monitoring and alerting.
• You will document work in progress and share findings to promote innovation within a group. You’ll also learn and follow ethics and privacy policies while executing research processes or collecting information.
• Follow release management policies to ensure data integrity, compliance, and system stability.

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