Researcher (AI)

Job description

Researcher (Artificial Intelligence)

Date Posted: 4th November 2016

Location: Cambridge, UK

Salary: Competitive plus benefits

Join the newly formed Microsoft Artificial Intelligence & Research team Recruiting Researchers and Engineers at Microsoft Research in Cambridge, UK  

Microsoft has recently significantly expanded its efforts in artificial intelligence, creating the 5000+ person Artificial Intelligence and Research team

Microsoft Research in Cambridge is a vital part of that team, with a wealth of experience and expertise in computer vision, machine learning, systems, interaction, and software engineering, and has a strong track record of shipping ground-breaking technologies in Microsoft products including Xbox, Kinect and HoloLens.  

The team is growing, and we are looking for exceptionally talented machine intelligence researchers and engineers: people who have strong backgrounds in research and/or engineering; people who love to create and build new technology that can be deployed to millions of users worldwide.  

Applicants:  

Must be passionate about incubating new ideas, solving problems, and building working systems.  

Must be self-motivated, proven collaborators, good communicators, attentive to details, and keen to learn.  

Must have practical experience working in an academic or industrial research environment.  

Applicants for research positions should hold a PhD in machine learning or a related field.  

Applicants for engineering positions should have proven relevant experience.  

Should have hands-on experience working on at least one of the following:

o Computer vision

o Deep learning and neural networks

o Reinforcement learning

o Probabilistic modelling  

Should have strong mathematical skills.  

Microsoft in Cambridge, UK

The Microsoft building in Cambridge houses around 200 researchers and engineers working across different parts of Microsoft, including Microsoft Research, HoloLens and Bing.  

The city of Cambridge, England, was the clear choice for the location of the facility because of its world-renowned reputation and its rich history as a centre of learning.  

Microsoft offers a competitive base salary plus bonus, excellent benefits package and stock.  

Our state-of-the-art offices in the beautiful and historic university city of Cambridge are right next to the main railway station, offering easy links to London.   We have an onsite restaurant, onsite gym, free car parking and one of the best views of Cambridge and the surrounding countryside from our 5th floor roof terrace.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status, protected genetic information, political affiliation, or any other characteristics protected by local laws, regulations, or ordinances.  

Microsoft's privacy statement can be viewed on the following web page:

http://privacy.microsoft.com/en-gb/default.mspx>

Join the newly formed Microsoft Artificial Intelligence & Research team Recruiting Researchers and Engineers at Microsoft Research in Cambridge, UK   Post Doc:   Microsoft has recently significantly expanded its efforts in artificial intelligence, creating the 5000+ person Artificial Intelligence and Research team < http://news.microsoft.com/2016/09/29/microsoft-expands-artificial-intelligence-ai-efforts-with-creation-of-new-microsoft-ai-and-research-group/#sm.00011r52x65rcejyzhu27fqxh0hbm>.   Microsoft Research in Cambridge is a vital part of that team, with a wealth of experience and expertise in computer vision, machine learning, systems, interaction, and software engineering, and has a strong track record of shipping ground-breaking technologies in Microsoft products including Xbox, Kinect and HoloLens.   The team is growing, and we are looking for exceptionally talented machine intelligence researchers and engineers: people who have strong backgrounds in research and/or engineering; people who love to create and build new technology that can be deployed to millions of users worldwide.   Applicants:   Must be passionate about incubating new ideas, solving problems, and building working systems.   Must be self-motivated, proven collaborators, good communicators, attentive to details, and keen to learn.   Must have practical experience working in an academic or industrial research environment.   Applicants for research positions should hold a PhD in machine learning or a related field.   Applicants for engineering positions should have proven relevant experience.   Should have hands-on experience working on at least one of the following: o Computer vision o Deep learning and neural networks o Reinforcement learning o Probabilistic modelling   Should have strong mathematical skills.   Microsoft in Cambridge, UK The Microsoft building in Cambridge houses around 200 researchers and engineers working across different parts of Microsoft, including Microsoft Research, HoloLens and Bing.   The city of Cambridge, England, was the clear choice for the location of the facility because of its world-renowned reputation and its rich history as a centre of learning.   Microsoft offers a competitive base salary plus bonus, excellent benefits package and stock.   Our state-of-the-art offices in the beautiful and historic university city of Cam?bridge are right next to the main railway station, offering easy links to London.   We have an onsite restaurant, onsite gym, free car parking and one of the best views of Cam?bridge and the surrounding countryside from our 5th floor roof terrace. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status, protected genetic information, political affiliation, or any other characteristics protected by local laws, regulations, or ordinances.   Microsoft?s privacy statement can be viewed on the following web page: < http://privacy.microsoft.com/en-gb/default.mspx>