Principal Applied Scientist, Gaming AI

At Gaming AI, we are exploring new emerging technology trends to craft the next era of gaming. We are venturing beyond the horizon and charting a course forward with players and creators at the center. 

The Xbox Gaming AI team is seeking a Principal Applied Scientist to advance AI and machine learning technologies for Xbox platform experiences. This role will develop state-of-the-art deep learning and foundation model capabilities to support gaming platform needs.

This role requires deep technical and research expertise in machine learning and engineering, including training and fine-tuning models for multi-modal intelligence, language models, diffusion models, embodied AI, world generation, reinforcement learning, computer vision, recommender systems, and the ability to go from theoretical approach to tangible, scalable, shippable, efficient outcomes. You’ll be expected to bring technical rigor, creativity, and execution to help move research into production.

We are looking for a candidate that is collaborative and has the ability to bring ideas to life working with software engineers, applied scientists, game developers, designers, and world-class machine learning researchers. Storytelling through compelling presentations and prototypes are essential, as well as being at ease presenting to C-level executives, collaborating with game development teams, or participating in deeply technical discussions with research leaders. As with any role focused on incubation and innovation, sound judgement and ability to balance trade-offs in opportunity cost is vital.

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