Member of Technical Staff, AI Pretraining Platform

Microsoft; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking talented individuals to join their AI Pre-training Platform team. This role involves designing and developing advanced infrastructure for large-scale AI model training, requiring expertise in Python and CUDA/HIP C++. Collaborating closely with engineers and researchers, you'll contribute to groundbreaking projects that push the boundaries of AI capabilities. If you're passionate about cutting-edge technology and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, this opportunity is perfect for you. Join a team dedicated to transforming the future of AI through meticulous experimentation and innovative solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in related fields with experience in data science or software development.
• Experience with HPC and parallel programming is essential.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop Python and CUDA/HIP C++ code for distributed training of multimodal LLMs.
• Build infrastructure to store and process petabytes of data for model training.

Skills

Python

CUDA/HIP C++

High Performance Computing (HPC)

Parallel Programming

Data Engineering

Data Science

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Master's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

GPU Clusters

Job description

Help build the world’s most advanced training platform at Microsoft AI

We are on a mission to create the leading pretraining platform to develop the world’s most capable AI frontier models. This platform will span one of the world’s foremost GPU clusters, pushing the boundaries of scale, performance, and reliability.

The AI Pre-training Platform team at Microsoft AI is responsible for all aspects of infrastructure including scalability, benchmarking, kernel development, performance optimizations, communications, and fault tolerance to support our model pre-training operations. We are an interdisciplinary team of engineers and scientists, learning from each other, and collaborating to create the best models, methods, and products. We work closely with the teams that transform pre-trained models into the models that power the consumer Copilot experience.

We are looking for outstanding individuals excited about contributing to the next generation of systems that will transform the field. We are looking for candidates who:

• Are passionate about the infrastructure enabling large-scale AI model training
• Will thrive in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment
• Have a high degree of craftsmanship and pay close attention to details
• Demonstrate a proactive attitude and enthusiasm for exploring new methods and technologies
• Effectively manage multiple responsibilities and can adjust to shifting priorities.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop Python and CUDA/HIP C++ code that enable distributed training of multimodal LLMs ingesting text, audio, images, or video data.
• Build and maintain cutting-edge infrastructure that can store and process the petabytes of data needed to power models.
• Partner with the pretraining and post-training teams to improve our data recipe by rigorous and careful experimentation.
• Collaborate with the product team and other engineers and researchers across Microsoft AI to identify gaps in the current generation of models.
• Embody our culture and values.

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Math, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND experience in business analytics, data science, software development, data modeling or data engineering work
• OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Math, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND experience in business analytics, data science, software development, or data engineering work
• Experience with HPC (High performance computing) and/or parallel programming
• Experience in the area of pretraining
• Experience working with GPU clusters

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

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