Applied Scientist II

Come join Microsoft Word Copilot to work on state-of-the-art services, AI solutions and platforms and deliver the next generation of intelligent productivity experiences used by hundreds of millions of users daily! We are looking for an Applied Scientist II who can help us further grow our products, business, and culture! 

At Microsoft Word Copilot team in Microsoft Development Center Serbia (MDCS), we have been focusing on reimagining and empowering Microsoft Word Office productivity through AI-powered user experiences and services built across core Microsoft Office applications. Microsoft Copilot  combines the power of large language models (LLMs) with your organizational data, having native integration with Office apps to streamline your productivity: content generation, app navigation, comprehension and more.  The team is relentlessly focused on making AI and tech work for people! 

Applied Science team within Office Serbia is focused on end-to-end building and deploying state-of-the-art deep learning models for various AI applications across Microsoft Office suite of products. The team works with product and research teams around the globe on designing and building various features based on Large Language Models (LLMs), agents, diffusion models, deep transformer-based networks, multi-modality fusion methods, etc. If you are passionate about applying cutting edge deep learning technology to positively impact the lives of millions of people, this is the job for you. 

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

• Drive intelligent experiences, projects, and open-ended problems through their entire lifecycle from idea creation through implementation, experimentation and finally to world-wide availability. 
• Leverage Generative AI models, but also build and deploy deep learning models.  
• Design, produce and deliver solutions to improve the reliability, scalability, performance, security, efficiency, etc. of a service, having independence, sense of ownership and drive for areas of ownership. 
• Work with research teams on the adoption of the latest technologies. 
• Measure the impact of models and work with product teams on appropriate designs of AI-powered experiences. 
• Follow documentation and coding best practices. 
• Participate actively in code reviews, bug/issue triage with the feature teams, and support well informed decisions towards business goals. 
• Ensure the design empowers other developers to achieve more, while effectively leveraging components developed by other teams.   
• Take the initiative to identify and fix bottlenecks, proactively come up with the proposals for further improvements to the system, process and owned product. 
• Work with international teams within Microsoft. 
• Foster a healthy and inclusive team environment, provide technical guidance to other applied scientists and act as mentor. 

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 2+ 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 1+ year(s) related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
  • OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of software development experience building commercial grade software, including experience in large scale, high availability services and experiences. 
• 2+ years of experience in a product and people leadership, including people management, with demonstrated commitment and passion for people growth and development. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven competency in strategic leadership, organizational agility, cross-team collaboration, and drive for results. 
• Proven track record of building and scaling engineering teams. 
• Strong software engineering fundamentals, including coding, software design, problem solving, and data analysis skills. 
• Understanding of software engineering principles, and demonstrated excellence in developing, architecting, and driving features and experiences for large-scale services or customer-facing web applications. 
• Demonstrated ability to effectively work in collaborative multiple projects team environment and ship production features. 
• Solid ability in self-learning, entering new domain, managing through uncertainty in an innovative team environment. 
• Knowledge with TypeScript or JavaScript, with experience with modern front-end frameworks such as React or Vue. 
• Passion and motivation for technology, with solid problem-solving skills.  
• Passion for growth, doing new things, and learning from others and own mistakes. 
• Excellent written and verbal English 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. 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.

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