Microsoft · 8 hours ago
Principal Data and Applied Scientist
Redmond, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$140K/yr - $275K/yr
4+ years expMicrosoft is a leading technology company that is seeking a Principal Data and Applied Scientist to join their Engineering Operations team. This role focuses on designing AI-powered solutions to enhance the Azure customer experience by collaborating with cross-functional teams and driving impactful AI projects.
Agentic AIApplication Performance ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business DevelopmentDevOpsInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyManagement Information SystemsNetwork SecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
Engage with product and business groups to drive impact of AI projects throughout the life cycle from idea creation through technology transfers, applied research, experimentation, implementation and finally to worldwide availability
Work with large-scale computing frameworks, data analysis systems, and modeling environments to build and apply models to real products, and then verify effects through iterations
Perform rigorous experiments and evaluations to assess the quality and impact of your solutions and improve them based on data and customer feedback
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including researchers, applied scientists, engineers, product managers and designers to build tools and improve the end-to-end AI Quality of our production systems
Mentor and guide the team, managing project schedules, milestones, KPIs, reviews, and checkpoints
Ensure compliance to Microsoft Responsible AI standards throughout the AI system lifecycle
Stay abreast of the latest advancements in machine learning, Generative AI, information retrieval, and recommendation systems, and contribute to the company's intellectual property through patents and publications
Qualification
Required
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
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
Master's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 9+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research) OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research) OR equivalent experience
5+ years experience creating publications (e.g., patents, libraries, peer-reviewed academic papers)
2+ years experience presenting at conferences or other events in the outside research/industry community as an invited speaker
5+ years experience conducting research as part of a research program (in academic or industry settings)
3+ years experience developing and deploying live production systems, as part of a product team
3+ years experience developing and deploying products or systems at multiple points in the product cycle from ideation to shipping
Experience in Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, langchain, or other machine learning frameworks
Experience delivering AI product features, AI Frameworks and AI Skills/plug-ins
Relevant prior work experience, e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research, GenAI
Company
Microsoft
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