Senior Applied Scientist
Microsoft· Applied Sciences
Redmond, WA$119.8k - $234.7kfull-timePosted 4d ago
About the role
Senior Applied Scientist role within Microsoft Copilot for enterprise, focusing on large language models, orchestrator reasoning, model training, and delivering model-driven features for Microsoft 365 Copilot. Emphasis on deep learning, NLP, multimodality, and model optimization, with opportunities to influence product direction and advance research-to-production workflows.
Responsibilities
- Master a broad area or research and understand any applicable research techniques.
- Serve as a team expert on changes in industry trends, products, and other advances, and apply this knowledge to influence product needs.
- Review business and product requirement, incorporate research, and provide strategic direction for problem solving.
- Ensure scientific rigor, support the development of methods, and apply your expertise to support business impact.
- Identify and inspire peers and new research talent to join Microsoft, build relationships, and advocate for research initiatives.
- Share research findings through industry outreach, collaborate with the academic community, and help develop the recruiting pipeline.
- Document work and experimentation results and share findings to promote innovation.
- Provide guidance when capturing processes and contribute to ethics and privacy policies related to research processes and data collection.
Qualifications
- Bachelor'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 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 AND 1+ year(s) related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research) OR equivalent experience.
Skills
Required:Statistics/conducting predictive analyticsMachine learning model training and fine-tuningNLP and multimodal modeling
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