Principal Applied Scientist

Microsoft Corporation • Mountain View, CA

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About The Position

The Data and AI team in Microsoft's Developer Division is working on the future of AI for Developers! We are a diverse, entrepreneurial and multi-disciplinary group of scientists, researchers and engineers with passion for using AI to improve the productivity of millions of developers around the world. We have released AI for code advancements in Github Copilot, VS Code, Visual Studio and other Microsoft Copilots. We are seeking an entrepreneurial and creative Principal Applied Scientist to lead groundbreaking research projects, taking these from research into product. You will collaborate with scientists, engineers and designers across Microsoft Research, Microsoft product teams and Github. You will have an opportunity to build and train state-of-the-art models, and opportunities to both apply and advance existing approaches of using LLMs for software engineering, from using RAG to evaluation. Most importantly, you will have an opportunity to work closely with several developer product teams to run experiments, evaluate, iterate and improve your AI projects on a large scale. 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years related experience with Machine Learning AND/OR Artificial Intelligence (AI) AND/OR Data/Applied Science OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years related experience with Machine Learning AND/OR Artificial Intelligence AND/OR Data/Applied Science OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years related experience with machine learning AND/OR artificial intelligence AND/OR Data/Applied Science OR equivalent experience.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.
• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 9+ years related experience with Machine Learning AND/OR Artificial Intelligence (AI) AND/OR Data/Applied Science OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years related experience with Machine Learning AND/OR Artificial Intelligence (AI) AND/OR Data/Applied Science OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years experience in building machine learning and AI for production environment.
• 3+ years experience developing and deploying live production systems, as part of a product team.
• 3+ years experience developing and deploying products or systems at multiple points in the product cycle from ideation to shipping.

Responsibilities

• Lead research projects on the future of AI for developers
• Collaborate across disciplines with product teams across Microsoft and Github
• Stay up to date with the research literature and product advances in AI for software engineering
• Create new datasets from both the world's public code and Microsoft's internal data.
• Build and manage large-scale ML experiments and models.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Industry: Publishing Industries
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees