Sr. Applied Scientist Job at Microsoft Corporation (Suzhou)

Job Description

The IC3 Media AI Team is responsible for building an AI powered media stack and delivering first party video effects for Microsoft’s most important products in real-time communication, including Teams and Skype, which account for millions of daily calls. We have an opening for a passionate and self-motivated applied scientist to contribute to our cross-platform Media AI stack and ecosystem support, focusing on AI innovation and performance to take full advantage of the hardware in one of the largest device ecosystems.

Job Responsibility

Research, design, prototype and implement real time audio and video AI technologies and innovations used in Teams or Copilot products taking advantage of hardware capabilities (e.g AI chip offloading)
Work on state-of-the-art AI and video technologies
Operate at the intersection of research and product—applying state-of-the-art techniques to address real-world challenges at global scale
Work very closely with Microsoft researchers or software engineers to bring in ML/AI innovations in areas such as computer vision to the millions of Microsoft users

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years related experience (e.g., statistics predictive analytics, research)
OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 1+ year(s) related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
OR equivalent experience
5+ years of experience in applied machine learning, image processing, natural language processing (NLP), or related domains
Solid design and coding skills in Modern C++, C# or python, familiar with AI coding methodology
Competent in design and development as part large scale products, and familiar with Agile development methodologies
Solid technical leadership and communication skills
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
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Nice to have

Master's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
OR equivalent experience
3+ years experience creating publications (e.g., patents, libraries, peer-reviewed academic papers)
Experience presenting at conferences or other events in the outside research/industry community as an invited speaker
3+ years experience conducting research as part of a research program (in academic or industry settings)
1+ year(s) experience developing and deploying live production systems, as part of a product team
1+ year(s) experience developing and deploying products or systems at multiple points in the product cycle from ideation to shipping
Experience working in cross-functional teams, innovating and bringing AI/ML or NLP algorithms to real products, with a track record of technical excellence
Software development experience on multiple platforms (Windows, Mac, Android, etc.)
Experience in video, audio, media stack or AI on service deployment
Knowledge of computer vision, prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), or multi-agent systems
Familiarity with deployment in production systems
Track record of published work in ML/CV/NLP conferences or journals

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