Senior Applied Scientist

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

22h • $119,800 - $234,700

About The Position

Join Microsoft’s Turing Team to build core systems for Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat. The team works across research and engineering to advance orchestrator reasoning, train next-generation models, and deliver model-driven experiences that improve productivity. As a Senior Applied Scientist, you will help evolve the orchestrator, advance model-training methods, and build model-driven features from concept through production. The work spans model development, evaluation, metrics, and A/B testing, with opportunities to contribute to features such as Analyst Agent. The team is looking for people passionate about deep learning, NLP, multimodal models, and model optimization.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Employees are expected to bring a growth mindset, innovate, collaborate, and support a culture of inclusion.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or a related field and 4+ years of related experience; or a master’s degree in one of these fields and 3+ years of related experience; or a doctorate in one of these fields and 1+ year of related experience; or equivalent experience.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including passing the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or a related field and 6+ years of related experience; or a doctorate in one of these fields and 3+ years of related experience; or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience creating publications, such as patents, libraries, or peer-reviewed academic papers.
• Passion for deep learning, NLP, multimodal models, and model optimization.

Responsibilities

• Master a broad research area and understand applicable research techniques.
• Serve as a team expert on industry trends, products, and advances, applying this knowledge to influence product needs.
• Review business and product requirements, incorporate research, and provide strategic direction for problem solving.
• Ensure scientific rigor, support the development of methods, and apply 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.
• Evolve the orchestrator to reason more effectively, respond faster, and support capabilities in multimodality and agent-based systems.
• Advance model training, including fine-tuning, reinforcement learning, high-quality data curation, and experimentation with frontier model training.
• Build and deliver model-driven features from concept to production, including model development, evaluation, metrics, and A/B testing.

Benefits

• Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation; additional benefits and pay information is available through the link in the posting.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior