Principal Applied Scientist

Microsoft

Hyderabad

On-site

INR 2,500,000 - 3,500,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Principal Applied Scientist to explore AI innovations and collaborate across teams. The role requires extensive experience in research and statistics, and offers opportunities for impact within a responsible AI framework. Candidates should have strong communication skills and a passion for enhancing user experiences with AI.

Qualifications

6+ years related experience in statistics, predictive analytics, or research.
5+ years of working in AI.

Responsibilities

Master a broad area of research and understand applicable techniques.
Review business requirements and provide strategic direction.
Share research findings and advocate for initiatives.

Skills

Working in an AI research facility

Establish trusted relationships

Cross group collaboration

Creativity in problem-solving

Excellent communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in relevant field

Master's Degree in relevant field

Doctorate in relevant field

Job description

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How would you like to do the AI research and directly affect the lives of billions of humans? Would you like to be responsible for models and code running across tens of thousands of machines across datacenters around the world? What if you could multiply your impact by making developers around the world better? If you like building highly motivated and productive teams, we have got interesting opportunities for you.

Our team focuses on strategic workloads like M365 Copilot App, OneNote and Copilot Notebooks. The team obsesses about powering workloads with AI and innovates on next generation engineering infrastructure, tooling using AI. This provides every engineer with exceptional opportunities for rich learning, end-to-end ownership, autonomy, innovation and professional growth.

Our team of Principal Applied Scientists is chartered to tackle a wide variety of challenges, from building data ingestion to curating data to fine tuning prompts and models. The scientists focus on evaluation metrics to make purpose-built SLMs to infuse AI in productivity scenarios. Every member of this team is expected to collaborate with other teams across Microsoft that are building AI platforms, models and products. She is expected to lead the feature crews with a growth mindset for embracing and extending the rapidly evolving innovations and breakthroughs in this field.

Microsoft is committed to Responsible AI and digital safety for all. Every member of the team is expected to work through these frameworks to preserve our commitment to responsible AI while innovating rapidly. She needs to be self-driven, proactive, results-oriented and ready to work with minimal ongoing direction to succeed in this environment of rapid changes and building products from grounds up.

The M365 org plays a pivotal role in powering end userexperiences (copilots and beyond) powered by highly relevant search capability leveraging M365 eco system.

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.

Responsibilities

You will master a broad area or research and understand any applicable research techniques. You’ll also serve as a team expert on changes in industry trends, products, and other advances, and apply this knowledge to influence product needs.
You will review business and product requirement, incorporate research, and provide strategic direction for problem solving. You’ll also ensure scientific rigor, support the development of methods, and apply your expertise to support business impact.
You will identify and inspire peers and new research talent to join Microsoft, build relationships, and advocate for research initiatives. You’ll share research findings through industry outreach, collaborate with the academic community, and help develop the recruiting pipeline.
You will document work and experimentation results and share findings to promote innovation. You’ll provide guidance when capturing processes and 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 6+ 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 4+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
OR equivalent experience.

5+ years of working in an AI research facility or working with software services / experiences infused with AI.
Solid customer focus and passion for doing the right thing for the customer.
Proven ability to establish trusted, effective relationships across diverse sets of stakeholders.
Excellent communication skills and cross group collaboration.
Ability to keep pace with rapid innovations in the field and to be creative to solve problems with no past techniques.
Experience in developing / working with highly scalable classifiers, ranking algorithms, SL.

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

PhD with Computer Science with Data Science focus, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field AND 3+ years data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results)

OR Master’s degree with Computer Science with Data Science focus, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field AND 5+ years data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results)
OR Bachelor’s degree with Computer Science with Data Science focus, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field AND 8+ years data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results)
OR equivalent experience.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

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