Applied Data Scientist

Key Skills

Algorithms, C Programming, C# Programming, Common data structures, Java Programming, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Python Programming, Scala Programming, SQL

Job Description

The Microsoft News & Feeds team is looking for a passionate Senior Applied Scientist in the core ML team. The team is working on solving the hardest ML problems in recommendation system, NLP and search domains. We applied the cutting-edge technologies such as Transformer, Graph Embedding and Deep Neural Networks to do user profiling, document understandings and personalized recommendations.

Working in the team, you have the potential to define the future of personalized content services for Microsoft. Imagine billion of users around the world can discover content they care about and start new conversations with their friends, family and colleagues. Today, Windows has close to 1 billion monthly active users, and Outlook, Teams, Edge, and Bing also have hundreds of millions of users plus the partnership with third party, the presents a huge opportunity to engage users with content worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Lead and participate in design, implementation, and execution across a variety of features regarding personalization and relevance.
• Drive innovations in NLP applications, ranking and recommendation algorithms.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or other engineering or science fields and 4+ years industry experience in related fields OR PhD with 2+ years industry experience.
• Proficient experience with C#/C++/Java/Python/Scala or any other OOP skills with a good knowledge of Data Structures/Algorithms.
• Do you have a minimum of 1 year experience in machine learning, deep learning and/or related fields?

Preferred Qualifications:

• PhD with research experience on Machine Learning.
• Experience developing end to end ML/DL systems.
• Have research or work experience on user profiling, recommendation system or NLP.
• Strong knowledge in deep learning computational graph frameworks, such as Tensorflow/Pytorch
• Have publications at peer-reviewed AI conferences (e.g. NIPS, CVPR, ICML, ICLR, ICCV, and ACL).

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.

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

Benefits and Perks

• Industry leading healthcare
• Savings and investments
• Giving programs
• Educational resources
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Opportunities to network and connect
• Discounts on products and services
• Generous time away