Data Scientist

Are you a real Machine Learning enthusiast? Does the magic of the data world fascinate you? Here at Microsoft Search we have been working on Machine Learning much before it became cool to do so. Here we are solving real world problems to empower millions of people around the globe.

Microsoft Search powers delightful and relevant experiences for enterprise users to cater to their overall information need. AI powered Copilots have made the future to be the current reality.

We are looking for candidates who can help build the next generation Machine Learning system. Candidates are expected to be hands on and experienced in data mining, ranking, clustering, and recommendation systems.

As a Data Scientist in the team, you will be working on challenging problems, demonstrating quantifiable end user impact through product quality improvements and share learnings with the team.

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.

Responsibilities

Some of the specific search relevance areas that the team is focused on are:

• End to end ranking of search results.
• Personalization of search results.
• LLM applications to Search problems.
• Experiment with State of the Art encoding/decoding architectures for Search.
• Document Text/Passage extraction and understanding.
• Compliance and Privacy aware Machine Learning training pipelines at scale.
  
  

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field
• OR equivalent experience.
• Experience in Data Science, Machine Learning, Software Engineering.
• Hands on experience of implementing and shipping production quality Machine Learning models or Data pipelines.
• Prior work/research experience in Search domain is preferable.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science,
• OR related field
• OR Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science,
• OR related field AND 1+ years data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results)
• OR equivalent experience
  

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.