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.

We pursue research in cryptography to impact the company, industry, and society, by making technology more secure, more trustworthy, and more private for every person and organization. We tackle security and cryptography problems that are in the strategic path for Microsoft, and we strive for positive societal impact. Most recently we have been focused on post-quantum cryptographic algorithms and their software and hardware implementations, zero-knowledge proofs and identity, provenance, end-to-end encryption for communication and messages, and cryptographically protected reputation and accountability systems. We are spinning up new work related to AI and the changes and challenges it brings for cryptography.