Research Internships at Microsoft provide a dynamic environment for research careers with a network of world-class research labs led by globally-recognized scientists and engineers, who pursue innovation in a range of scientific and technical disciplines to help solve complex challenges in diverse fields, including computing, healthcare, economics, and the environment.

The Networking Research Group (NRG) at Microsoft Research focuses on basic and applied research in networked systems, including network security, verification, sensing, mobile computing and emerging networking challenges in the age of AI. We build systems, engage with academia, publish scientific papers, publish software for the research community, and transfer cutting-edge technologies to Microsoft’s product groups. Over the years, the work of NRG researchers has resulted in publications in top academic systems and networking conferences (such as SIGCOMM and NSDI) and has had a significant impact on Microsoft products, including Azure Networking, Azure AI, XBOX, the Windows Networking Stack, and many more. NRG members collaborate with adjacent research groups in systems, formal methods, optimization and security. You can see our recent publications at: Networking Research Group: Publications - Microsoft Research. 

We seek research interns with research and development skills, with backgrounds in technologies underlying networks, systems, sensing, security, AI, edge computing, optimization and probability theory. The ideal candidates should have the ability to work with researchers at Microsoft to push forward research agendas, work in teams in a collaborative and supportive environment, along with programming skills and familiarity with the latest tools & frameworks. Applicants should demonstrate depth of knowledge in distributed systems and operating systems, and demonstrate experience in low-level programming, experimentation, and modeling.