Microsoft · 1 day ago
Senior Applied Scientist and Principal Applied Scientist (Multiple Positions)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$120K/yr - $235K/yr
1+ years expMicrosoft is hiring Senior and Principal Applied Scientists to enhance their productivity division. The role involves leading research projects, collaborating across teams, and integrating scientific methods into product development to drive innovation in AI and related technologies.
Agentic AIApplication Performance ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business DevelopmentDevOpsInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyManagement Information SystemsNetwork SecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
Defining, leading, and helping to conduct research projects that simultaneously advance the state-of-the-art and directly benefit Microsoft’s core productivity products
Shape product direction by integrating rigorous scientific methods into the product lifecycle
Collaborating and coordinating with people in a range of roles, including researchers, engineers, product managers, designers, and other key product stakeholders. Serving as a bridge between research and product
Teaching, guiding, and tutoring colleagues without research backgrounds in state-of-the-art techniques and research best practices
Sharing your research with others via a range of means, including publication, to enable others to build on your work and to contribute to the understanding of our products as cutting-edge and science driven
Effectively communicating with product leaders (and often Microsoft researchers (MSR)) throughout the planning and execution of applied research projects, which often involves learning and teaching complex concepts
Qualification
Required
A record of publications in top-tier scientific venues (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, NAACL, KDD, WWW, CHI, PNAS, Nature, EMNLP, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, CoRL)
Doctorate (or currently pursuing) in Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, Information Science, Statistics or related field AND 1+ years of experience (any research assistantship, teaching assistantship, or internship is considered relevant experience) + OR Master's Degree AND 3+ years of relevant experience (any research assistantship, teaching assistantship, or internship is considered relevant experience) + OR Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years of relevant experience( any research assistantship, teaching assistantship, or internship is considered relevant experience) + OR equivalent experience
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
Preferred
Proven real-world impact from your research, demonstrated through shipped products, improved user experiences, or other measurable benefits for diverse stakeholders
At least one internship or prior role at a leading technology company, or start-up, or related organizations
As part of your application, when listing your publications, please distinguish between workshop papers and main conference papers
Names and contact information of at least three established researchers familiar with your research who will be willing to write a letter of reference. We would recommend that one of these people be your Ph.D. advisor if you are within 3 years of graduation
A cover letter discussing your interest in the role and how your existing research might contribute to Microsoft's productivity products
A brief academic statement that outlines both your research achievements and agenda and up to two papers that highlight your research interests
Benefits
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
Company
Microsoft
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Funding
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$1MKey Investors
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