Senior Applied Scientist, Azure AI Speech

Required/Minimum 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.

• 3+ years of experience in one or more of the following areas: speech recognition, large language models, machine learning, deep learning, pattern recognition, statistics. 
• 3+ years of programming experience in Python. 
• 2+ years of experience with PyTorch. 

Other Requirements:

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/Additional Qualifications:

• Experience in AI benchmarking, such as LLM, speech, computer vision, machine translation, and so on.  

• Publication on top speech and machine learning conferences, such as ICASSP, InterSpeech, ASRU, ICML, ICLR, NeuroIPS, etc. 

• Extensive experience in speech model development. 
• Software development skills and an aptitude for software design, coding, and quality.  

Applied Sciences IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $117,200 - $229,200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $153,600 - $250,200 per year.

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 February 5, 2025.

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