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Posted date: Nov 18, 2025
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Category: Software Engineering
Location: Beijing, Beijing
Employment type: Full-Time
Work location type: Fully on-site
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
OverviewWe are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Applied Scientist / Research Software Engineer to join our innovative team in Beijing. Our mission is to benefit Office users with rich content support to raise productivity, and we are building the AI and engineering system to make it happen. This position offers an exciting opportunity to design and develop highly complex and comprehensive systems combining engineering, AI and human participation. You will work closely with product managers, designers, and users to turn ideas and AI into reality and make a great impact to all global Office users.
Responsibilities
Works closely with your peers in rationalizing technology choices, design and implementations on our AIGC and related systems. Responsible for the research and application of deep learning algorithms, including model training and optimization, engineering applications. The areas include image generation, image analysis, image processing, Office (PowerPoint/Word/Excel) design generation, palette extraction, content layout generation, etc. Keeps up with the latest industry technologies and integrates them into products to drive innovation. Guarantees of the generated contents are compliant with our global standardization.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related areas. Master and Ph.D. are preferred.
Familiar with popular models and algorithms on computer vision and multimodal LLMs.
Proficient in Python/Java/C#, skilled in using a deep learning framework such as PyTorch and TensorFlow.
3+ years of industrial experience in model training and application development.
Successful experience in solving practical problems.
Experience on office product and technical stack about Office/OpenXML/VSTO is a plus.
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
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