Overview
Join the Microsoft Shopping team! We deliver smart shopping experiences with personalization, savings, transparency, and convenience, ensuring confidence in every purchase. Microsoft Shopping is your personal shopping companion, empowering customers to shop smarter and discover what they love. By harnessing the power of AI (artificial intelligence), LLMs (large language models) and LLM-based Agents, we are building best-in-class shopping experiences across Bing, MSN, and Edge. If you are passionate about transforming the online shopping experience for millions of users, this role is for you.
We are seeking an Applied Scientist who is passionate about machine learning, data analysis, and ML (machine learning) modeling to join our team. Your expertise will drive innovation and ensure the team is aligned with the Microsoft Shopping vision. This position offers a unique blend of scientific research, innovation, and strategic influence, allowing you to make a significant impact on both the team and the overall shopping experience at Microsoft Shopping.
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

• Leverage state-of-art machine learning techniques to provide best personalized experience to end users.
• Originate, implement, and iterate on machine learning features & models to keep improving our product quality.
• Closely collaborate with different teams within Microsoft to expose best personalized contents to end users, enable agile development & experiments, deliver cross-team impact.
• Team lead and mentor resources across projects.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 2+ 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 1+ year(s) related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research) OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field OR equivalent experience. 
• 2+ years of experience with machine learning, data analysis, and modeling.
• Experience with LLMs (prompting, fine tuning, deployment).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to be productive and effective in a highly collaborative environment.
• Experience in Big Data machine learning with Cosmos/Scope/Spark/.
• Experience with design, problem solving, and data analysis skills, with demonstrated passion for quality, performance, and engineering excellence.

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.