Microsoft Principal Applied Scientist 

United States, Washington 

505290614

Required Qualifications:

• 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.
• 4+years experience working with large scale information retrieval or AI system andwriting and shipping production-quality code.
• 4+years Experience as a Machine Learning Architect
• Excellent collaboration skills working across multiple teams to deliver results
• Expereince with image, video or text search using LLM

Preferred Qualifications:

• 7+ years experience developing and deploying products or systems at multiple points in the product cycle from ideation to shipping.
• 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.
• 3+ years experience presenting at conferences or other events in the outside research/industry community as an invited speaker.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

• Drive product innovation by leveraging and innovating state of art solutions to reinvent image and video search in LLM era and achieve competitive differentiations and user delight as well as business feasibility.
• Collaborate effectively across team/org/discipline to define AI technical roadmap and drive alignment and shape Stategic direction on next generation image and video search product.
• Oversee AI technical roadmap execution and anticipates future needs as well as potential issues, and drives forward-looking, scalable solutions to deliver product impact at a global level.
• Develop tools, methods, and models at a fundamental level to address long-term industry challenges.
• Commit to a customer-oriented focus by acknowledging customer needs and perspectives, validating customer perspectives, focusing on broader customer context, and serving as a trusted advisor.
• Conduct thorough technical review across existing AI technical stack and identify opportunities to improve.