Principal Applied Scientist

We have seen little innovation in search in the last decade and we are looking for people who want to build the next generation of search using advanced AI technologies at scale. We are responsible for the largest machine learning models at Microsoft by volume and take pride in being the first in the world to solve many practical AI at Scale challenges. Our work spans a very large scope of scenarios including delivering high quality search results from a massive document corpus, extractive and abstractive summarization to generate document snippets, personalization, machine reading comprehension, and document recommendations.

As a team, we leverage the diverse backgrounds and experiences of engineers, scientists, and program managers to help us realize our goal of making the world smarter and more productive. We believe great products are built by inclusive teams of customer-obsessed individuals who trust each other and work together closely.  We collaborate regularly across the company both to find the technology breakthroughs from groups like Microsoft Research to infusing AI into the rest of Microsoft products like Office and Azure.

If you have a keen interest in working in the latest and hottest areas that will help you develop skills in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, data science and high scale systems, this is the team you’re looking for! 

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

• Demonstarte expertise in 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.