Applied Scientist II

The AI and Data Sciences team in Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance organization is looking for an experienced, energetic, and hands-on Data Scientist. Intelligence is at the core of the value we provide to customers in the form of our M365 Security and Compliance suite of products and services. It drives the out-of-the-box protection capabilities that customers of all sizes and skillsets rely upon to manage their organizations; it provides the context and insight for customers to understand their risk and required actions; it demonstrates Microsoft’s expertise which builds customer trust and increased market share, further improving our intelligence capabilities. Security & Compliance research is the engine that pioneers, delivers and sustains this intelligence as well as ensuing capabilities. Our security group focuses on protecting customers against social engineering attacks such as phishing across our browsers, email, and chat – and within this charter, web scale machine learning is a fundamental part of how we protect customers, with an advanced M365 Defender suite. We are seeking an experienced an applied scientist to build and expand our cross-service, signal-based protections using state-of-the art techniques spanning the areas of supervised and unsupervised machine learning. We are looking for candidates who are passionate about leading and pushing forward the cutting-edge technology and the state-of-the-art solutions.