Senior Applied Scientist
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Dec 27, 2024 | |
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OverviewMicrosoft Copilot is revolutionizing how people work and has created an unprecedented opportunity to advance the state-of-the-art in a way that benefits millions of people. As a Senior Applied Scientist in Microsoft's productivity division, your core mission will be to deliver exciting innovation in Microsoft Copilot. We are looking for candidates who are creative, self-driven, curious, people-oriented and comfortable defining a path through ambiguity towards high-level goals. The successful applicant(s) will collaborate closely with people across Microsoft's product teams and Microsoft Research to see their ideas realized in products and services that are used worldwide, as well as to contribute back to the scientific community and beyond (e.g. via presentations, publications, media interviews, and similar). 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.
ResponsibilitiesDefining, leading, and helping to conduct research projects that simultaneously advance the state-of-the-art and directly benefit Microsoft's core productivity products. Collaborating and coordinatingwith people in a range of roles, including researchers,engineers, product managers, designers, and other key product stakeholders.Servingas a bridge between research and product. Teaching, guiding, and tutoring colleagues without research backgrounds in state-of-the-art techniques and research best practices. Many of the thingsyou will try shouldlead to unexpected outcomes.Youmust be comfortable learning from experience, developing new hypotheses, and iterating. Sharingyour researchwith others via a range of means, including publication,to enable others to build onyourwork and tocontribute tothe understanding of our productsas cutting-edge and science driven. Effectively communicating with product leaders (and often MSR researchers) throughout the planning and execution of applied research projects, which often involves learning and teaching complex concepts. | |