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83%

Location flexibility

81%

Hours flexibility

79%

Autonomy

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Job Description

The Machine Intelligence team at Microsoft Research Cambridge (UK) is dedicated to fundamental and impactful Machine Learning research. Our broad mission is to solve challenging problems from multiple areas, including Reasoning, Knowledge Representation, Learning Algorithms and Architectures, and Efficiency. We have multiple internship opportunities covering a wide range of topics in these areas.

We are seeking a diverse set of strong ML PhD students to join us in Cambridge spring/summer 2025. You will joining a welcoming and highly collaborative environment and work on creative and challenging problems during your internship.

Responsibilities

As part of an ambitious collaborative project, you will

  • Research and Develop novel Machine Learning models and algorithms.
  • Design, implement and evaluate machine learning experiments.
  • Write and present your findings in technical documents or papers.

Qualifications

Required

  • Be enrolled in a PhD program in Machine Learning, Statistics, Computer Science (or related discipline).
  • Deep experience in one or more of the following: LLMs (training, inference, architectures, chain-of-thought, prompt-tuning), Flow or Diffusion Models (continuous or discrete), Quantization methods, Reasoning, Knowledge Representation, ML Optimization.
  • Interns are expected to be physically located in Cambridge UK.

Preferred

A subset of the following:

  • Strong communication skills, especially scientific writing and communication.
  • Publications in relevant conferences (e.g. NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR), or high-profile scientific journals.
  • Ability to code in Python, as well as familiarity with Git and code reviews.
  • Ability to work in an interdisciplinary collaborative environment with people from different technical backgrounds.

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.

Company benefits

Wellbeing allowance
Health insurance
Dental coverage
Gym membership
Mental health platform access
Buy or sell annual leave
Shared parental leave
Charity donation scheme
Employee assistance programme
Employee discounts
Volunteer days
Fertility treatment leave
Open to compressed hours
Open to job sharing
Fertility benefits
Enhanced sick pay
Enhanced sick days
Compassionate leave
Travel insurance
20 days annual leave + bank holidays
Enhanced maternity leave
Enhanced paternity leave
Adoption leave
Childcare credits
Carer’s leave
Cycle to work scheme
Faith rooms
Annual bonus
Annual pay rises
Company car
Hackathons
Open to part-time employees
Pregnancy loss leave
Life insurance
Equity packages
Financial coaching
Relocation packages
Sabbaticals
Enhanced pension match/contribution

We asked employees of Microsoft UK what it's like to work there, and this is what they told us.

Location flexibility
83%
Employees are very happy with their working location freedom
Hours flexibility
81%
Employees are very happy with the flexibility in the hours they work
Benefits
67%
Employees are largely happy with the benefits their company offers
Work-life balance
63%
Employees feel that they can switch off quite easily from work
Role modelling
74%
Employees feel that most people work flexibly
Autonomy
79%
Employees feel that they can mostly manage how they get their own work done

Working at Microsoft UK

Company employees

Globally: 228,000

Gender diversity (male:female)

67:33

Currently Hiring Countries

United Kingdom

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