Cloud Intelligence/AIOps R&D Intern

Key Skills

AI technology, AIOps, Azure, Big Data Technology, C# Programming, Distributed systems, Docker, Java Programming, Kubernetes-K8s, Python Programming, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Time series

Job Description

Group Introduction:

Pioneer cloud intelligence with us! The Microsoft DKI (Data, Knowledge, Intelligence) team leads interdisciplinary research in AIOps and Cloud Intelligence, focusing on critical scenarios including failure prediction, anomaly detection, intelligent diagnosis, capacity planning, and incident management. Our innovations power Microsoft mission-critical services like Azure, M365, Copilot through cutting-edge AI technologies. Recent work published in OSDI, FSE, ICSE, AAAI, WWW has significantly improved cloud service quality.

Job Type: Full-time Intern

Location: Beijing/Shanghai

Job Responsibilities (Choose between Engineering or Research):

Engineering Intern:

• Analyze cloud service architectures (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS) through code analysis techniques
• Develop AIOps tools for cloud services management and optimization
• Build multi-modal big data pipelines integrating logs, traces, and telemetry data
• Implement capacity planning tools with predictive resource scaling algorithms
• Implement reliable engineering solutions for Microsoft core services (Azure, M365, Copilot, etc)

Research Intern:

• Innovate AI models for cloud incident management (e.g., incident prediction, diagnosis, root cause analysis)
• Advance time-series anomaly detection
• Research autonomous cloud operations with AI
• Publish breakthroughs in Software Engineering/System/AI conferences

Qualifications:

• Strong programming skills in Python/Java/C# with cloud development experience
• Experience in either:
  • Cloud systems (K8s/Docker/Azure) and distributed architectures
  • AI frameworks (PyTorch/TensorFlow) and big data pipeline construction
• Understanding of cloud service paradigms and operational challenges
• Publications in software/systems/AI conferences
• Must be available for a full-time internship for 6 months or more.

Internship Duration Requirements:

Must obtain permission from your academic advisor and commit to at least 6 months of internship.

Application:

Please send your English or Chinese resume (in PDF/Word format) to: intern_hiring@microsoft.com. Please include - Cloud Intelligence/AIOps R&D Intern - in the email subject line.