Principal Data Scientist at Microsoft

Short Description:

Microsoft is looking for candidates to join their team working on M365 Designer, a product aimed at modern digital content creators. The role involves developing AI/ML-based features, providing technical leadership, fostering innovation, and creating an inclusive team culture. Qualifications include 8 years of professional software development experience, an MS/Ph.D. in related fields, proficiency in C# and Python, and experience in Generative AI, Computer Vision, and Video AI. Strong communication, problem-solving skills, and a passion for innovation are essential. If you're excited about working with cutting-edge technology and impacting millions of M365 users, consider applying.

Overview:

We are seeking candidates to join our team working on the newly launched M365 Designer product, designed specifically for modern digital content creators. In today's world, content creators are ubiquitous, crafting content for various purposes including school projects, event announcements, work updates, and sharing them via email, web pages, social media, blogs, and more. This innovative experience is centered around multi-modal (image/video/audio) content creation, offering powerful tools that harness the creativity and imagination of creators, combined with cutting-edge AI technology to simplify the creation of beautiful, inspiring, and engaging communication and storytelling materials across all devices. You can explore our product at https://designer.microsoft.com/ and anticipate its arrival on Android and iOS. This role presents the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment where you'll be developing algorithms and techniques utilizing text, images, and video to analyze and transform content, creating solutions that have the potential to positively impact people's lives. From rapidly evolving new intelligent features to long-term strategic investments, you'll have the chance to contribute to world-class software.

The world is changing rapidly, and we are searching for passionate and innovative individuals to join us in the mission of delivering well-crafted, intuitive solutions and products that not only meet the evolving needs of the world but exceed them.

Responsibilities:

Develop AI/ML-based features for the Designer product.
Provide hands-on technical leadership, encompassing design, analytics/modeling, code reviews, development, quality assurance, observability, and live-site support. Uphold best practices in data engineering, data science, and embrace new methodologies, technologies, industry trends, and open sources.
Cultivate relationships with partners within Microsoft to introduce innovation into both new and existing products. Serve as an AI expert and thought leader, contributing to vision/strategy development, creating white papers, conference papers, blogs, and participating in conferences and internal/external AI meetings.
Foster a culture of inclusivity and disciplined data and software engineering practices to deliver business value, guided by data.
Offer feedback, drive improvements, and share knowledge as a data science expert.
Cultivate an effective team culture, emphasizing high trust and close collaboration with others.
Promote a culture of continuous learning, demonstrating a growth mindset and a passion for learning.
Expect and provide mutual support and recognition within the team. Embrace and celebrate the unique qualities of each team member, leveraging diversity to create more inclusive products for customers.

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will possess:

8 years of professional experience in designing, developing, testing, and delivering software.
An MS/Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related fields.
Recent experience with relevant projects in Generative AI, Computer Vision, and Video AI.
Proficiency in C# and Python, with a preference for the latter.
Experience with statistical modeling and deep learning, especially using frameworks such as PyTorch, Tensorflow, or Keras.
Effective communication skills and the ability to collaborate across different groups and disciplines.
Strong skills in design, debugging, and problem-solving.
A passion for customers, innovation, product quality, service excellence, and test engineering.
Experience in delivering high-quality products or services at scale is a plus.

If you're excited about embarking on the v1 journey, creating something new, working with cutting-edge technology, and collaborating closely with AI scientists on the forefront of deep learning to bring this functionality to hundreds of millions of M365 users worldwide, we encourage you to apply!

Job Details:

Job Number: 1633781
Work Site: Microsoft on-site only
Travel: 0-25%
Role Type: Individual Contributor
Profession: Research, Applied, & Data Sciences
Discipline: Data & Applied Sciences
Employment Type: Full-Time

Please click here to apply.

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