Principal Applied Scientist

Responsibilities

• You will master and gain expertise in broad areas of AI and ML, including trending research techniques. You’ll also gain deep knowledge of building enterprise intelligence on office user’s data.
• You will review business requirements and incorporate research to meet business goals. You ‘ll provide strategic direction for the kinds of data used to solve problems and apply deep subject matter knowledge to support business impact.
• You will identify and inspire peers and new research talent to join Microsoft, build relationships, and advocate for research initiatives. You’ll share research findings through industry outreach, collaborate with the academic community, and help develop the recruiting pipeline.
• You will document work in progress and experimentation results and share findings to promote innovation. You’ll also use your deep understanding of fairness and bias to contribute to ethics and privacy policies related to research processes and data collection.
• You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to create scalable and ethical AI solutions.

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.
• 3+ year(s) experience developing and deploying live production systems, as part of a product team.
• 1+ years experience in Large Language Modeling (LLM) or Machine Learning (ML)