Microsoft Senior Applied Scientist 

United States, Washington 

214651157

Required 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.

• 2+ years of research or product experience in NLP.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience in Deep Learning using PyTorch, Tensorflow or similar.
• 3+ years of software engineering experience in Python or C#.
• Experience conducting applied research and publishing papers.

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 Qualifications

• 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).
• PhD degree in Computational Linguistics or Computer Science with a focus on NLP.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:Microsoft will accept applications for the role until July 10, 2024.

The mission of the team is to advance intelligent reading and writing assistance in M365 and to make fundamental contributions to advancing the state-of-the-art in language technology within Microsoft and in industry.

• You will review business and product requirements and incorporate state-of-the-art research to formulate plans that will meet business goals.
• You will research and develop an understanding of tools, technologies, and methods being used in the community that can be utilized to improve product quality, performance, or efficiency.
• You will stay updated with the latest research and trends in NLP and related fields and explore new ideas and opportunities for innovation.
• You will participate in onboarding of new team members. You’ll identify new research talent to join Microsoft and collaborate with the academic community to develop the recruiting pipeline.
• You will document work in progress and experimentation results and share findings to promote innovation. You’ll also use your deep understanding of fairness and bias to contribute to ethics and privacy policies related to research processes and data collection.
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