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Microsoft · 6 hours ago

Applied Scientist II

Redmond, WA

Full-time

Remote

Entry, Mid Level

$98K/yr - $193K/yr

2+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Conduct applied research to develop innovative AI and machine learning models that address real-world challenges.

Develop end-to-end lifecycle of machine learning models, from prototyping and implementation to evaluation, deployment, and monitoring.

Create and adapt novel training and fine-tuning algorithms for language models.

Bring research projects to successful completion yielding new algorithms, prototypes, theories, tools, methods, analyses, insights, or collections of data which solve one or more open research problems.

Operate and support 24X7 usage of AI Models by customers

Document and share best practices across the organization.

Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in AI and machine learning, and apply new techniques to solve complex problems.

Embody our culture and values.

Qualification

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StatisticsEconometricsComputer ScienceElectrical EngineeringMachine LearningPredictive AnalyticsPythonFoundation ModelsNatural Language ProcessingTypescriptC#Domain AdaptationHuman-AI InteractionPrompt TuningAgentic SystemsVision ModelsAudio ModelsMultimodal Models

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.

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 or Computer Engineering, or related field

1+ year(s) experience creating publications (e.g., patents, peer-reviewed academic papers).

Experience working on successful applied research projects in industry environments

Experience programming with Python, Typescript, C# (any) is preferred

Applications of Foundation Models, Domain Adaptation of Foundation Models (e.g. fine-tuning LLMs/SLMs)

Vision, Audio, and Multimodal Foundation Models

Agentic Systems

Prompt Tuning

Natural Language Processing

Human-AI Interaction

Company

Microsoft

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4.3

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

Founded in 1975

Redmond, Washington, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.microsoft.com

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