Responsibilities- Lead state of the art research incorporation into techniques shipped to production.
- Proactively develop and build metrics to use across the full range of search engine components.
- Seek out and incorporate customer feedback into dataset construction, evaluation, and technique development.
- Lead technical excellence and contribute to experimentation infrastructure and proofs-of-concept using AI coding agents.
- Advances the quality of the team's experimental codebase to ensure experiments are efficient and repeatable.
- Nurtures collaborative relationships with product management, engineers, and other functions across products.
- Drive clear and efficient plans, documents, and communication
QualificationsRequired Qualifications:Bachelor'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) OR Master'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) 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.
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 Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Preferred Qualifications:- Master's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 9+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research) OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research) OR equivalent experience.
- 3+ year(s) experience developing and deploying products or systems at multiple points in the product cycle from ideation to shipping.
- Experience with agentic coding systems, including scaffolding for long-running agents.
- Experience with hybrid collaboration skills, with clear async/sync communication and teamwork.
- Experience defining task-specific metrics and evaluation datasets.
#CoreAI#AIPLATFORMApplied Sciences IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $274,800 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 $188,000 - $304,200 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
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
