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Microsoft Corporation

Principal Researcher

Microsoft Corporation

Published 10 May 2026
Redmond, WA, USA
163K - 331K USD Annual
Full Time

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HTML

Key skills

Research
AI
Architecture
Security
Cloud

Tools, Libraries and Frameworks

Description

The role involves defining and owning a long-term research and incubation agenda focused on agentic systems. The researcher will drive efforts to build, evaluate, and deploy intelligent agentic systems at an enterprise scale. Responsibilities include incubating next-generation agent architectures such as multi-step reasoning, planning, and multi-agent collaboration. The position requires translating foundational research into durable product and business impact through collaboration with engineering teams. Additionally, the role involves communicating research findings through academic publications, patents, and open-source releases.

Required Qualifications and Skills

Candidates must possess a Doctorate with 6 years of experience, a Master's degree with 7 years of experience, or a Bachelor's degree with 9 years of experience in a relevant field. Equivalent experience is also accepted. Preferred qualifications include a history of publishing academic papers, experience designing production-grade AI systems, and a background in cross-disciplinary collaboration. Applicants must also be able to pass a Microsoft Cloud background check.

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About the company

Microsoft Corporation

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244885

HQ

Redmond, US

Description

Every company has a mission. What's ours? To empower every person and every organization to achieve more. We believe technology can and should be a force for good and that meaningful innovation contributes to a brighter world in the future and today. Our culture doesnt just encourage curiosity; it embraces it. Each day we make progress together by showing up as our authentic selves. We show up with a learn-it-all mentality. We show up cheering on others, knowing their success doesn't diminish our own. We show up every day open to learning our own biases, changing our behavior, and inviting in differences. Because impact matters. Microsoft operates in 190 countries and is made up of approximately 228,000 passionate employees worldwide.

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