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Do you want to find responsible AI failures in Microsoft’s largest AI systems impacting millions of users? Join Microsoft’s AI Red Team where you’ll emulate work alongside security experts to cause trust and safety failures in Microsoft’s big AI systems. We are looking for a Senior AI Safety Researcher where you will get to work alongside experts to push the boundaries of AI Red Teaming. We are a fast paced, interdisciplinary group of red teamers, adversarial Machine Learning (ML) researchers, and Responsible AI experts with the mission of proactively finding failures in Microsoft’s big bet AI systems. Your work will impact Microsoft’s AI portfolio including Phi series, Bing Copilot, Security Copilot, Github Copilot, Office Copilot and Windows Copilot and help keep Microsoft’s customers safe and secure.
More about our approach to AI Red Teaming: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2023/08/07/microsoft-ai-red-team-building-future-of-safer-ai/
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REQUIRED/MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years related experience (e.g., statistics predictive analytics, research).
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• OR Master’s Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research).

• OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 1+ year(s) related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research).
• OR equivalent experience.

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.

ADDITIONAL OR PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research).
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• OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research).

• OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years experience creating publications (e.g., patents, libraries, peer-reviewed academic papers).
• Experience presenting at conferences or other events in the outside research/industry community as an invited speaker.
• 3+ years experience conducting research as part of a research program (in academic or industry settings).
• 1+ year(s) experience developing and deploying live production systems, as part of a product team.
• 1+ year(s) experience developing and deploying products or systems at multiple points in the product cycle from ideation to shipping.
• Bio/Chem education and CBRN weapons background Penetration testing qualifications; GPEN/GXPN, GWAPT, OSCP/OSCE, CRT/CCT/CCSAS, Participation in bug bounties/CTFs, Experience of using common penetration testing tools; Kali Linux, Burpsuite, Nmap, Nessus, etc Familiarity with one or more programming languages from: Python, C#, C/C++, PowerShell
• Prior knowledge of Generative AI not required, but basic familiarity with AI or willingness to learn is desired.
  Applied Sciences IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $117,200 - $229,200 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 $153,600 - $250,200 per year.
  Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
  Microsoft will accept applications for the role until April 7, 2025.
  

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The AI Red Team is looking for security researchers who can combine the development of cutting-edge attack techniques, with the ability to deliver complex, time limited operations as part of a diverse team. This includes the ability to manage several priorities at once, manage stakeholders, and communicate clearly with a range of audiences. Understand the products & services that the AI Red Team is testing, including the technology involved and the intended users to develop plans to test them. Understand the risk landscape of AI Safety & Security including cybersecurity threats, Responsible AI policies, and the evolving regulatory landscape to develop new attack methodologies for these areas. Conduct operations against systems as part of a multi-disciplinary team, delivering against multiple priority areas within a set timeline.

As a Senior Secuirty Researcher, you will:

• Discover and exploit GenAI vulnerabilities end-to-end in order to assess the safety of systems
• Manage product group stakeholders as priority recipients and collaborators for operational sprints
• Drive clarity on communication and reporting for red teaming peers when working with product groups, other AI Safety & Security ecosystem leads, and business decision makers
• Develop methodologies and techniques to scale and accelerate AI Red Teaming
• Collaborate with teams to influence measurement and mitigations of these vulnerabilities in AI systems
• Research new and emerging threats to inform the organization
• Work alongside traditional offensive security engineers, adversarial ML experts, developers to land responsible AI operations