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Posted date: Nov 11, 2024
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Category: Research, Applied, & Data Sciences
Location: Redmond, WA
Estimated salary: $183,700
Range: $117,200 - $250,200
Employment type: Full-Time
Travel amount: 25.0%
Work location type: Up to 50% work from home
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
The Core Search and AI team is the leading applied machine learning team at Microsoft responsible for delivering the highest-quality search experience to over hundreds of millions monthly active users around the world in Microsoft’s search engine, Bing and other dependent search engines such as Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, and startups like Neeva. 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.As a Senior Applied Scientist in Core Search and AI team, you will be working on cutting-edge machine learning and LLM technology to improve online engagement of Bing Search. We have many exciting problems here to solve like leveraging LLM for relevance improvement and training data collection, building SOTA large scale NN models and feature processing framework, use reinforcement learning to drive user retention etc. This opportunity will allow you to work on the latest and innovative areas and help you develop skills in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, data science and Large-Scale systems.
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.
You will master one or more subareas and gain expertise in a broad area of research, including applicable research techniques. You’ll also gain deep knowledge of a service, platform, or domain, and identify product needs by sharing the latest industry trends and applied technologies.You will review business requirements and incorporate research to meet business goals. You‘ll provide strategic direction for the kinds of data used to solve problems and apply deep subject matter knowledge to support business impact.You will participate in onboarding of junior team members and assist in developing academics to be members of multidiscipline teams. You’ll identify new research talent to join Microsoft and collaborate with the academic community to develop the recruiting pipeline.You will document work in progress and experimentation results and share findings to promote innovation. You’ll also use your deep understanding of fairness and bias to contribute to ethics and privacy policies related to research processes and data collection.
Qualifications
Required 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.Experience with learning new techniques from textbooks or research papers and applying them to relevant business problems. Experience in recommendation algorithms or natural language processing 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 Qualifications:
Experience presenting at conferences or other events in the outside research/industry community as an invited speaker.
Experience conducting research as part of a research program (in academic or industry settings).
Experience developing and deploying live production systems, as part of a product team.
Experience developing and deploying products or systems at multiple points in the product cycle from ideation to shipping.Expereince in design and problem-solving, and a commitment to quality and engineering excellence at scale.
Expereince in communication, collaboration, and analysis, and be able to execute effectively across team collaborations.
Experience in recommendation algorithms or natural language processing is an advantage.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: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until November 25, 2024
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.
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