Senior AI Applied Scientist at Microsoft

Redmond, Washington, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

12 Mar, 26

Salary

234700.0

Posted On

12 Dec, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Machine Learning, Data Science, AI, Deep Learning, Generative AI, NLP, Multi-Modal Models, Prompt Engineering, MLOps, AIOps, Statistical Tools, Foundation Models, Ethics in AI, Bias Mitigation, Production Deployment, Research

Industry

Software Development

Description

Overview We are looking for a Senior Applied AI Scientist to join our team. As a Senior Applied AI Scientist for The Customer Service Applications Team, you will play a pivotal role in advancing Microsoft's mission to empower every individual and organization on the planet to achieve more. You will contribute to the development and integration of cutting-edge AI technologies into Microsoft products and services, ensuring they are inclusive, ethical, and impactful. You will collaborate across product, research and engineering teams to bring innovative solutions to life, applying your expertise in machine learning, data science, and AI to solve complex problems. Your work will directly influence product direction and customer experiences. AI Mission and Impact We are in an era of unprecedented innovation and openness. As Microsoft continues to lead in AI, we are seeking individuals to help tackle some of the most exciting and meaningful challenges in the field. Our vision is to build a truly open architecture platform that enables users to summon tailored AI agents to drive real-world outcomes. This role will combine AI knowledge with applied science expertise, and demonstrate a growth mindset and customer empathy. Join us in shaping the future of AI agents. 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 - Build collaborative relationships with product and business groups to deliver AI-driven impact - Research and implement state-of-the-art using foundation models, prompt engineering, RAG, graphs, multi-agent architectures, as well as classical machine learning techniques. - Fine-tune foundation models using domain-specific datasets. - Evaluate model behavior on relevance, bias, hallucination, and response quality via offline evaluations, shadow experiments, online experiments, and ROI analysis. - Build rapid AI solution prototypes, contribute to production deployment of these solutions, debug production code, support MLOps/AIOps. - Contribute to papers, patents, and conference presentations. - Translate research into production-ready solutions and measure their impact through A/B testing and telemetry that address customer needs. - Ability to use data to identify gaps in AI quality, uncover insights and implement PoCs to show proof of concepts. - Demonstrate deep expertise in AI subfields (e.g., deep learning, Generative AI, NLP, muti-modal models) to translate cutting-edge research into practical, real-world solutions that drive product innovation and business impact. - Share insights on industry trends and applied technologies with engineering and product teams. - Formulate strategic plans that integrate state-of-the-art research to meet business goals. - Maintain clear documentation of experiments, results, and methodologies. - Share findings through internal forums, newsletters, and demos to promote innovation and knowledge sharing. - Apply a deep understanding of fairness and bias in AI by proactively identifying and mitigating ethical and security risks—including XPIA (Cross-Prompt Injection Attack) unfairness, bias, and privacy concerns—to ensure equitable and responsible outcomes. - Ensure responsible AI practices throughout the development lifecycle, from data collection to deployment and monitoring. - Contribute to internal ethics and privacy policies and ensure responsible AI practice throughout AI development cycle from data collection to model development, deployment, and monitoring. - Deep understanding of small and large language models architecture, Deep learning, fine tuning techniques, multi-agent architectures, classical ML, and optimization techniques to adapt out-of-the-box solutions to particular business problems. - Prepare and analyze data for machine learning, identifying optimal features and addressing data gaps. - Develop, train, and evaluate machine learning models and algorithms to solve complex business problems, using modern frameworks and state-of-the-art models, open-source libraries, statistical tools, and rigorous metrics. - Address scalability and performance issues using large-scale computing frameworks. 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. - 1+ year(s) experience developing and deploying live production systems, as part of a product team. 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: - Master'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 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. - 3+ years experience creating publications (e.g., patents, libraries, peer-reviewed academic papers). - Experience presenting at conferences or other events in the outside research/industry community as an invited speaker. - 3+ years experience conducting research as part of a research program (in academic or industry settings). - 1+ year(s) experience developing and deploying live production systems, as part of a product team. - 1+ year(s) experience developing and deploying products or systems at multiple points in the product cycle from ideation to shipping. - Experience across the product lifecycle from ideation to shipping. 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. Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work. #BICJobs #CESJOBS Applied Sciences IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $158,400 - $258,000 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 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.

Responsibilities

The Senior Applied AI Scientist will build collaborative relationships to deliver AI-driven impact and research and implement state-of-the-art AI technologies. They will also translate research into production-ready solutions and ensure responsible AI practices throughout the development lifecycle.