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Microsoft · 2 days ago

Principal Scientist

Redmond, WA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$162K/yr - $286K/yr

8+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Establishes collaborative relationships with relevant product and business groups inside or outside of Microsoft and provides expertise or technology to create business impact.

Brings new technology and approaches into production by applying long-term research efforts to solve immediate product needs.

Independently works to create product impact.

Serves as an expert within product domain.

Reviews business and product requirements and incorporates state-of-the-art research or previously tested solutions occurring at Microsoft and the academic field to formulate plans that will meet business goals.

As a person in the team, you are expected to not only solve technical challenges, but to seek out collaborations/opportunities across the organization and define a research agenda in a chosen research area.

Qualification

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StatisticsEconometricsComputer ScienceElectrical EngineeringComputer EngineeringPredictive AnalyticsC#JavaPythonC++RustAcademic Papers PublishingResearch ProgramProduct DevelopmentProduction SystemsShipping

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 8+ 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 6+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)

OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)

OR equivalent experience.

7+ years of experience with one or more of the following languages: C#, Java, Python, C++, Rust.

Experience publishing academic papers as a lead author or essential contributor.

Preferred

Master's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 12+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)

OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research) OR equivalent experience.

3+ years experience presenting at conferences or other events in the outside research/industry community as an invited speaker.

7+ years experience conducting research as part of a research program (in academic or industry settings).

5+ years experience developing and deploying live production systems, as part of a product team.

7+ years experience developing and deploying products or systems at multiple points in the product cycle from ideation to shipping.

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.

Founded in 1975

Redmond, Washington, USA

10,001+ employees

https://www.microsoft.com

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