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Microsoft · 3 days ago

Applied Scientist

Microsoft is a leading company in Software as a Service, seeking an Applied Scientist to join their Power Platform Core team. The role involves shaping data strategy, developing product growth strategies, and partnering with engineering teams to solve complex problems while leveraging AI.

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Responsibilities

Develop and expand expertise in one or more subareas of research and understand applicable research techniques
Leverage data focused on developing product growth strategy, data informed product decisions, leveraging AI and creating self-service solution for PM and SWE to leverage
Build predictive models, optimization algorithms, and causal inference frameworks to inform strategic decisions, customer and market insights along with product performance
Decelop, perform, and optimize AI feature evaluation process for new Power Platform products and features for both ext and multimodal scenarios
You will document work in progress and share findings to promote innovation within a group. You’ll also learn and follow ethics and privacy policies while executing research processes or collecting information

Qualification

StatisticsPredictive AnalyticsResearchComputer ScienceElectrical EngineeringData StrategyAI Feature EvaluationCausal InferenceOptimization AlgorithmsPublications

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 2+ 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 1+ year(s) related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field
OR equivalent experience
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
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

Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 5+ 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
1+ year(s) experience creating publications (e.g., patents, peer-reviewed academic papers)

Company

Microsoft

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Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.

H1B Sponsorship

Microsoft has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$1M
Key Investors
Technology Venture Investors
2022-12-09Post Ipo Equity
1986-03-13IPO
1981-09-01Series Unknown· $1M

Leadership Team

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Satya Nadella
Chairman and CEO
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Vukani Mngxati
Chief Executive Officer - Microsft South Africa
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