Microsoft 365 is where the world works, learns, and creates. The Office AI team is reimagining Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams with Copilotâturning intents into outcomes and helping hundreds of millions be more productive every day. As a Senior Applied Scientist, youâll turn cutting-edge AI into reliable, responsible, and scalable features that ship inside the apps people already use.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field
- 4+ years related experience (e.g., statistics predictive analytics, research)
- 2+ years customer-facing, project-delivery experience, professional services, and/or consulting experience
- 4+ years applied ML/NLP experience delivering models and features to production at scale
- Proficiency in Python and PyTorch (or equivalent DL framework)
- Solid SDLC practices: unit/integration testing, CI/CD, code reviews, version control, performance profiling, and reliability hardening
- Ability to write clean, maintainable, efficient code for production services and clients
- Experimentation & evaluation: sound experimental design, metric design (quality, safety, latency, cost), and statistical analysis
- Proven collaboration with PM & Engineering to integrate ML into shipped product (APIs/services/clients) and to drive measurable user or business impact
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements
- Master's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field
- Graduate degree (MS/PhD) in ML/AI or related field (or equivalent applied research impact)
- Depth in transformers/LLMs (pretraining, SFT, alignment/RLHF/DPO), RAG, prompt/agent tooling, and safety/abuse mitigation for generative systems
- Production ML engineering at scale
Benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 401k Matching
- Retirement Plan
- Visa Sponsorship
- Four Day Work Week
- Generous Parental Leave
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Relocation Assistance
