Principal Applied Scientist

How would you like to do the AI research and directly affect the lives of billions of humans? Would you like to be responsible for models and code running across tens of thousands of machines across datacenters around the world? What if you could multiply your impact by making developers around the world better? If you like building highly motivated and productive teams, we have got interesting opportunities for you.

• Master 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
• Review business and product requirements, incorporate research, and provide strategic direction for problem-solving
• 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

• Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years related experience
• OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years related experience
• OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years related experience
• OR equivalent experience
• 5+ years of working in an AI research facility or working with software services/experiences infused with AI
• Solid customer focus and passion for doing the right thing for the customer
• Proven ability to establish trusted, effective relationships across diverse sets of stakeholders
• Excellent communication skills and cross-group collaboration
• Ability to keep pace with rapid innovations in the field and to be creative to solve problems with no past techniques
• Experience in developing/working with highly scalable classifiers, ranking algorithms, SL
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements
• PhD with Computer Science with Data Science focus, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field AND 3+ years data-science experience
• OR Master’s degree with Computer Science with Data Science focus, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field AND 5+ years data-science experience
• OR Bachelor’s degree with Computer Science with Data Science focus, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field AND 8+ years data-science experience

• Industry leading healthcare
• Educational resources
• Discounts on products and services
• Savings and investments
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Generous time away
• Giving programs
• Opportunities to network and connect

Microsoft is committed to Responsible AI and digital safety for all. Every member of the team is expected to work through these frameworks to preserve our commitment to responsible AI while innovating rapidly. She needs to be self-driven, proactive, results-oriented and ready to work with minimal ongoing direction to succeed in this environment of rapid changes and building products from grounds up.