Microsoft Senior Applied Scientist 

India, Telangana, Hyderabad 

161566993

Required Qualifications:

• Ph.D. degree AND 1 year's experience (or Master's AND 4+ years' experience, or Bachelor's AND 6+ years' experience, or 10+ years of equivalent experience) in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field with specialization in natural language processing/computer vision/multimodal analysis/deep learning/machine learning
• Strong algorithmic problem solving and software development skills (Python/Java/C++). Proficiency with open-source tools such as PyTorch Experience with statistical analysis and data visualization tools
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Preferred/Additional Qualifications:

• Publication(s) in top-tier conferences or journals in related fields (e.g., ACL, EMNLP, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, AAAI, etc.).
• Industry experience with large-scale data processing, distributed computing, or cloud platforms
• Demonstrated interest and/or expertise in Responsible AI and fairness considerations
• Experience collaborating with teams of diverse technical and cultural backgrounds

• Conduct cutting-edge research to develop Responsible AI definitions, methodologies, algorithms, and models for both the measurement and mitigation of AI risks
• Contribute to the development of Responsible AI policies, guidelines, and best practices and ensure the practical application of these guidelines within various AI technology stacks across Microsoft, promoting a consistent approach to Responsible AI
• Enable the safe release of new Azure OpenAI Service features and expand and enhance the Azure AI Content Safety Service with new detection technologies
• Develop innovative approaches to address AI safety challenges for diverse customer scenarios
• Stay abreast of the latest advancements in the field and contribute to the community through publications at top venues