Applied Scientist II
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Feb 19, 2025 | |
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OverviewDo you want to be part of a team which delivers innovative products and machine learning solutions across Microsoft to hundreds of millions of users every month? Does the opportunity to join a fast-paced, high-visibility, diverse team in a highly competitive market sound exciting to you? If so, this Applied Scientist II role with the Microsoft Turing team may be a great fit for you! The Microsoft Turing team is an innovative research and engineering team working on state-of-the-art deep learning models to power end user experiences across the company. Applied scientists and software engineers in the Turing team work together to push the boundaries of large-scale deep learning models on Turing's world class distributed training infrastructure. The team is pioneering search and the core copilot experiences across Microsoft's ecosystem. In addition to ensuring that Microsoft ispushing thestate-of-the-art large-scale models, the Turing team also works onimprovingexperiences acrossMicrosoft's products and servicesby working on high value scenarios.The Turing team has shippedcapabilitiesacross all ofmanyMicrosoftscenariosincluding M365 Copilots, Bing Chat, semantic searchfor enterpriseandknowledge management (akaCortex) , quick reply on Outlook,Smart Compose features in Word,image enhancement models, image search models,recommendations,as well as many other features across Office,Bing, and Xbox. If you share our passion for building innovative products and utilizing the power of machine learning in large-scale real-world situations for the benefit of our customers, we would love to consider your application. This role requires you to be onsite 3 days a week in Microsoft's offices in Redmond, WA and/or Sunnyvale, CA. By applying to this U.S. Redmond, WA and/or Sunnyvale, CA position, you are required to be local to the Seattle and/or Sunnyvale area and relocation does not apply/is not provided for the role. 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.
ResponsibilitiesYou will gain expertise in one or more subareas of research and understand applicable research techniques. You'll also gain deep knowledge of a service, platform, or domain, and become familiar with the latest industry trends and applied technologies.You will apply strategies provided by senior team members and incorporate state-of-the-art research. You'll also develop an understanding of methods used in the community and gain expertise in a deeply specialized area.As you reinforce a positive environment by applying best practices, you will also support mentorship and assist with the onboarding of entry-level team members. Additionally, you will maintain ties with an external network of peers and identify prospective talent, when asked.You will document work in progress and share findings to promote innovation within a group. You'll also learn and follow ethics and privacy policies while executing research processes or collecting information. | |