Microsoft · 2 days ago
Applied Scientist II
Redmond, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
$101K/yr - $199K/yr
2+ years expMicrosoft is seeking an Applied Scientist with expertise in Machine Learning and related areas to advance Bing and Consumer Copilot. The role involves developing ML models, analyzing large-scale data, and delivering robust AI solutions to enhance user experience.
Agentic AIApplication Performance ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business DevelopmentDevOpsInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyManagement Information SystemsNetwork SecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
Develop and evaluate ML models using prepared datasets, customer feedback, and novel training/fine-tuning algorithms for language models
Finding insights and forming hypothesis on large-scale data with various machine learning, feature engineering, statistical, and data mining techniques: e.g. regression, classification, NLP, optimization
Designing experiments, understanding the resulting data, and producing actionable, trustworthy conclusions from them including e2e shipping to users
Write production-quality code, apply debugging best practices, and stay current with industry trends. Deliver robust, scalable solutions by applying advanced AI techniques and production-grade data processes to improve quality, efficiency, and reliability
Wrangling large amounts of data (think petabytes) using various tools, including open-source ones and your own. All programming languages are welcome, especially Python, C#, R, C++, Java, and SQL
Taking complex problems and the associated data and giving the answers in a concise form to assist senior executives in making key business decisions
Qualification
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
MS, Ph.D., or BS (with some industry experience) in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Operation Research, Automation, Physics, or other engineering or science fields
2+ years of proficient experience with C#/C++/Java/Python/Scala or any other OOP skills with a good knowledge of Data Structures/Algorithms
Passionate and have experience in data analytics, applied machine learning, deep learning and/or related fields
Company
Microsoft
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