This list contains only the countries for which job offers have been published in the selected language (e.g., in the French version, only job offers written in French are displayed, and in the English version, only those in English).
AI has created an unprecedented opportunity to make work better for hundreds of millions of people. Microsoft’s productivity division is hiring Senior and Principal Applied Scientists to help ensure we maximize this amazing opportunity. Our scientists collaborate closely with people across Microsoft’s product teams and Microsoft Research to see their ideas realized in products and services like M365 Copilot, Word, Teams, Windows, Surface, OneDrive, SharePoint, Windows, Surface, Outlook, PowerPoint, Power Platform, Copilot Studio, and Dynamics 365. They also contribute back to the scientific community through peer-reviewed publications at top venues, scientific presentations, and beyond.
Job Responsibility
Defining, leading, and helping to conduct research projects that simultaneously advance the state-of-the-art and directly benefit Microsoft’s core productivity products
Shape product direction by integrating rigorous scientific methods into the product lifecycle
Collaborating and coordinating with people in a range of roles, including researchers, engineers, product managers, designers, and other key product stakeholders
Serving as a bridge between research and product
Teaching, guiding, and tutoring colleagues without research backgrounds in state-of-the-art techniques and research best practices
Sharing your research with others via a range of means, including publication, to enable others to build on your work and to contribute to the understanding of our products as cutting-edge and science driven
Effectively communicating with product leaders (and often Microsoft researchers (MSR)) throughout the planning and execution of applied research projects, which often involves learning and teaching complex concepts
Requirements
A record of publications in top-tier scientific venues (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, NAACL, KDD, WWW, CHI, PNAS, Nature, EMNLP, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, CoRL)
Doctorate (or currently pursuing) in Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, Information Science, Statistics or related field AND 1+ years of experience
OR Master’s Degree AND 3+ years of relevant experience
OR Bachelor’s Degree AND 4+ years of relevant experience
OR equivalent experience
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements
Microsoft Cloud Background Check
Nice to have
Proven real-world impact from your research, demonstrated through shipped products, improved user experiences, or other measurable benefits for diverse stakeholders
At least one internship or prior role at a leading technology company, or start-up, or related organizations