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Principal Applied Scientist - CoreAI

Microsoft· Applied Sciences
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Redmond, WA, Garden City, NY, San Francisco, CA, Mountain View, CA, Boston, MA$142.8k - $274.8kfull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Principal Applied Scientist to develop ML techniques for safety, alignment, and trustworthy AI within Microsoft CoreAI, collaborating across product, research, and engineering to design, build, and maintain responsible AI systems at scale from development to production and monitoring.

Responsibilities

  • Develop machine learning techniques that push the boundaries of safety, alignment, and trustworthy AI.
  • Collaborate across product, research, and engineering teams to design, build, and maintain responsible AI systems that make an impact at scale—from early-stage development and experimentation to production, monitoring, and continuous iteration.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, or related field AND 6+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research) OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics or related field AND 4+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research) OR Doctorate in Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, or related field AND 3+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research) OR equivalent experience.

Skills

Nice to have:Large language models (LLMs)Distributed systemsDeep learning / Transformer modelsTraining and fine-tuning LLMsProblem solving and analytics
Last updated Aug 6, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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