Applied Scientist 2 (NLP/Search) Full-time

Applied Scientist 2 (NLP/Search)

Microsoft AI Organization aims to the best user experience for Web Search, Advertisement, Cloud, and Enterprise services. The Search Experience Group in Microsoft AI has more than 400 scientists and engineers, working on various NLP/Multi-modal techniques and applications.

We’re looking for passionate and experienced engineers to help us on our mission of employing deep learning to understand all the data on the web – the largest store of information in human history. With this understanding we power end-user experiences across a variety of NLP/Multi-modal related areas, especially

– Search Relevance

– Natural Language Understanding

– Generative answers with LLM

– Knowledge experiences

– Build up the world-class AI systems with novel NLP techniques and engineering excellence.

– Collaborate with Microsoft Research Asia and partner production teams to explore cutting-edge AI technology and deliver both research and production impact.

Responsibilities:

– Drive core technologies and E2E production delivery by leveraging State-of-Art AI technologies (especially LLMs).

– Address challenges in products through Deep Learning and Reinforcement Learning approaches and transfer novel ideas to production applications.

– Development of deep learning models for Microsoft AI scenarios, including recommendation system, search relevance, knowledge experience, et al.

– Pushing the envelope on deep learning by:

– Defining problems and establishing metrics

– Gathering training data at scale

– Exploring model design and architecture

– Exploring learning objectives and tasks

Qualifications:

– Minimum: Master; Preferred: advanced degree and/or industry experience

– Experiences in applying deep learning techniques and drive E2E AI product development.

– 3+ years of working experience in NLP/search related areas.

– Passionate and self-motivated

– Ability to effectively collaborate and ship production features in a multi-project, fast-paced team environment

– Good communication skills, both verbal and written

– Focus on customer impact during design and development

– Ability and motivation to self-teach while entering new domains and managing through ambiguity

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .

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