Senior Data & Applied Scientist

Job Description

We would like you to watch a short video on what we do and get a peek into our culture on Instagram ( @lifeatstci ) and below is more about this job and what we are looking for. Happy applying!Visit us at https://aka.ms/STCIThe MSAI (Microsoft Search, Assistance and Intelligence) team is looking for applied researchers and data scientists. We develop software and machine learning models from the ground-up, running across thousands of servers, operating on hundreds of billions of documents across hundreds of millions of users. We are currently building a new system for searching data in an enterprise and assisting the users in the flow. The goal of the system is to efficiently search all entity types such as emails, calendar items, contacts, documents, and so on with latency in milliseconds. We are also building systems that will help users be more productive by making their tasks simpler to remember and execute. To design such new systems, we are applying a combination of approaches from the fields of Machine Learning, Knowledge Mining, Distributed Computing, Workflow engines, Algorithm Optimization, and many more. Come to define, design and deliver the next state of enterprise search and assistance system.At Microsoft we are always people first. That is our advantage. In creating an assistance platform that has the ability to take real people s data, and learn, adapt, and improve, we deliver on our mission to empower people to achieve more, every day. Our work, life and the tech environments are currently changing faster than our skillsets, habits, and behaviors can keep up. The aim of our assistance platform is not to create a static, one-dimensional solution to today s users and organizations pain points. Our aim is to bring AI assistance to life across the entire Microsoft ecosystem in dynamic, contextually relevant ways, when people need it most. Our goal is to create a platform that uses intelligence to augment human ingenuity, create a human network, and allow workers to be and feel more impactful across their whole day.What is in it for you Are you excited about building such a world class intelligent system, working on data/algorithms, learning, having fun and maintaining work-life balance In your journey with Microsoft, you will be applying your research / data science skills to understand big data patterns, formulate hypothesis, experiment with various models, develop measurement strategies and perform quick iterations on the hypotheses.Our team comprises of highly motivated researchers, engineers, product managers and data-scientists building end-to-end web-scale and enterprise-scale AI systems. Together we develop and deliver robust, state of art and scalable solutions across a rich set of scenarios. We are hiring talented, energetic, creative and passionate scientists with experience in building large scale intelligence / machine learning systems.

• Have an ability to mine large data sets with Cosmos, Hadoop or Spark like technologies
• Transform data into innovative features/signals that can improve a machine-learning task
• Build machine learning models and evaluating their quality on real life scenarios
• Prototype new approaches and develop new algorithms using NLP & ML techniques, Graph learning
• Work with other data scientists, engineers, UX experts to deliver a robust solution to the customer
• Have an ability to self-learn new techniques from textbooks and research papers
• Never compromise on engineering excellence and delivering quality at scale

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• Bachelor s/Master s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, or related fields; Ph.D is a plus
• 6+ years of experience in the areas of data science, machine learning, information retrieval or natural language processing
• Proficiency and demonstrable skills using statistical or machine learning programming languages and packages (Python/R etc.)
• Demonstrable skills and experience using SQL or NoSQL data stores
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

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.Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

Keyskills :
computer sciencealgorithm optimizationbig dataprogramming languagesmachine learningsqlartdata scienceinformation retrievaloptimization strategiesnlpnatural languageapplied mathematics