Microsoft Applied Scientist II 

Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver 

739398050

• Global Footprint: With over one billion users, we have an unparalleled reach.
• Cutting-Edge Technology: Leverage our AI-powered products, including Bing and Large Language Models (LLMs) .
• High-Quality Connections: We’re committed to fostering meaningful interactions between consumers and service providers.

Who We’re Seeking:that captures hearts and minds.

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 2+ 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 1+ year(s) related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)

  • OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field

  • OR equivalent experience.

• 1+ year(s) experience with common machine learning, deep learning frameworks like Pytorch/Tensorflow,or 1+ year(s) experience developing and deploying live production systems, as part of a product team.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field and 5+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
• or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field and 3+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
• or Doctorate in Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field and 1+ year(s) related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
• or equivalent experience.
• 1+ year(s) experience creating publications (e.g., patents, peer-reviewed academic papers).
• 1+ year(s) experience conducting research as part of a research program (in academic or industry settings).
• 1+ year(s) experience developing and deploying products or systems at multiple points in the product cycle from ideation to shipping.
• Demonstrated experience with Microsoft cloud technologies (Azure Functions, Cosmos DB, Azure ML, Data Factory etc.)

Applied Sciences IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $79,600 - CAD $153,000 per year.

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• Design and implement robust, reusable and scalable systems that power complex web applications.
• Work with large, complex datasets from various sources to build Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) data pipelines for downstream tasks
• Integrate the latest Large LLMs such as OpenAI models into production systems.
• Train, finetune and deploy large-scale Natural Language Processing (NLP) models to power Bing search experiences.
• Design and implement scalable and efficient algorithms for large-scale ranking tasks, considering factors such as user engagement, diversity, and fairness.
• Develop deep product intuition to influence future product roadmaps and drive decision making.
• Collaborate with product and engineering to craft experiments and test hypotheses.
• Collaborate with other product managers and engineers in the team to build tools to evaluate and improve the end-to-end AI quality of our production systems.
• Keep a keen eye on the latest developments in the broad AI community.
• Effectively communicate and demonstrate work to stakeholders.

• Embody our