Microsoft

Senior Applied Scientist

Microsoft • $119K — $234K *
Redmond, WA 98052In-Person
Information Technology
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or advanced degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field; equivalent experience considered.
  • 4+ years of experience in statistics, predictive analytics, or research, with programming skills in languages like C++, C#, Java, or Python.
  • Proven experience in applying deep learning techniques in AI product development with a focus on areas such as Search, Recommendation, and NLP.
  • 2+ years of proficiency in machine learning frameworks like PyTorch or TensorFlow.
  • Strong communication abilities to convey technical concepts across teams. Self-starter and collaborative problem-solver.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with applied scientists and engineers to create backend capabilities and customer-centric AI scenarios.
  • Lead projects from initial design through implementation and user delivery.
  • Develop advanced machine learning and deep learning algorithms for content analysis and transformation.
  • Drive the applied research that underpins state-of-the-art AI technologies.
  • Work within a diverse and distributed team, contributing to various aspects of Microsoft products that leverage deep learning.

Benefits

  • Access to a collaborative and innovative work culture.
  • Opportunities to work on impactful AI projects that affect millions globally.
  • Continuous learning and development opportunities in cutting-edge technologies.
  • Diversity in team dynamics and geographical distribution.
  • Solid support for maintaining security through regular background checks.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities
  • You will work closely with applied scientists and engineers on designing and building both backend platform capabilities and core Copilot scenarios aimed at delighting our customers.
  • You will drive projects from design through implementation, experimentation and finally shipping to our users.
  • You will own development of state-of-the-art machine learning, deep learning algorithms and techniques leveraging text, images, and video for analyzing and transforming content to build world-class AI experiences that have the potential to transform billions of people's lives.
  • You will design and develop fundamental technologies and drive the applied research that power next-generation AI experiences.
  • You will work in a diverse geographically distributed team environment where collaboration and innovation are valued. You will have an opportunity for direct impact on design, functionality, security, performance, scalability, manageability, and supportability of Microsoft products that use our deep learning technology.


Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor'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 Master's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research).
    • OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 1+ year(s) 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:
  • A Bachelor's/Master's/Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or other related technical areas (including mathematics and physics).
  • 4+ years of industrial experience coding in C++, C#, C, Java or Python.
  • 4+ years of experience in applying deep learning techniques and drive end-to-end AI product development (Search, Recommendation, NLP, Document Understanding, etc).
  • 2+ years of experience with common machine learning, deep learning frameworks like Pytorch/Tensorflow.

These are other experiences and preferred qualifications that may help a person succeed in this role:
  • Ability to communicate technical details clearly across organizational boundaries.
  • Solid ability and effectiveness working end-to-end in a challenging technical problem domain (plan, design, execution, continuous release, and service operation).
  • Experience with shipping internet scale, low latency and high throughput systems AI products.
  • Self-driven, results oriented, high integrity, ability to work collaboratively, solve problems with groups, find win/win solutions and celebrate successes.
  • Customer/End-result/Metrics driven in design and development.
  • Keen ability and motivation to learn, enter new domains, and manage through ambiguity.
  • Solid publication track records at top conferences like ACL, EMNLP, SIGKDD, AAAI, WSDM, COLING, WWW, NIPS, ICASSP, etc.


Applied Sciences IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $160,200 - $261,000 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.

About Microsoft

Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services. Microsoft’s devices and consumer (D&C) licensing segment licenses the Windows operating system and related software, Microsoft Office for consumers, and the Windows Phone operating system. The company’s computing and gaming hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories. Its phone hardware segment offers Lumia smartphones and other non-Lumia phones. Its D&C segment provides Windows Store, Xbox Live transactions, and Windows phone store; search advertising; display advertising; Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal; first-party video games; and other consumer products and services as well as operating retail stores. Microsoft’s commercial licensing segments license server products, including Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Windows Embedded; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office for business, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and related CALs; Microsoft Dynamics business solutions; and Skype. Its commercial segment offers enterprise services, including premier support services and Microsoft consulting services; commercial cloud comprising Office 365 Commercial, other Microsoft Office online offerings, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure; and other commercial products and online services. The company markets and distributes its products through original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and resellers, as well as online.

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Size
181,000 employees
Market Cap
$1,762.4 billion
Industry
Enterprise Technology
Net Income
$51.3 billion
Founded
1975
5 Year Trend
+15.5%
Revenue
$153.2 billion
NASDAQ
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