It has never been a more exciting time at the Cognition Group! We continue to build state of the art technology and deliver the platform that serves as the foundation for Microsoft's AI Perception and Mixed Reality Strategy. The Visual Text Intelligence team in the Cognition Group is driving research and development for Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and related vertical solutions, which can be used to serve many enterprise customers for Microsoft. It is a long standing and well-recognized vision area but recently infused with the latest technology such as deep learning. The team is growing, and we are looking for talented people who have solid engineering background, and love to develop new technology that can be deployed to millions of users worldwide.
• Provide strong technical leadership in turning ideas into high-quality services from architecture, design, implementation, quality and telemetry. • Deliver performant code across platforms to provide high quality application on time and in high quality. • Collaborate with groups across Microsoft as well as with external partners. • Collaborate with world-class researchers to convert cutting-edge algorithms into Azure services. Even if you are not familiar with machine learning you will be learning it at work.
• Master's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, Science or related field. • 7+ years of software development experience, ship multiple services in Azure, strong coding skills, especially in C# and modern C/C++. • Knowledge about deep learning/machine learning research/engineering in the area of computer vision and NLP. This description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this position. The actual duties, responsibilities, and qualifications may vary based on assignment. Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending