Senior Applied Scientist/research Sde

Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit thinking in a cloud-enabled world.

Within Azure Data, the big data analytics team provides a range of products that enable data engineers and data scientists to extract intelligence from all data - structured, semi-structured, and unstructured. We build the Data Engineering, Data Science, and Data Integration pillars of Microsoft Fabric.

At our organization, we are actively seeking individuals with expertise in the hardware domain, including GPUs, CPUs, FPGAs, and other related technologies. This is to ensure that we can optimize the performance of our big data analytics solutions across various hardware platforms, ultimately enhancing the efficiency of our Data Engineering, Data Science, and Data Integration processes. By incorporating cutting-edge hardware advancements, we aim to stay at the forefront of the industry, delivering top-notch products and services that empower data engineers and data scientists to unlock the full potential of their data and drive intelligent decision-making.

We do not just value differences or different perspectives. We seek them out and invite them in so we can tap into the collective power of everyone in the company. As a result, our customers are better served.

**Responsibilities**:
Establishes collaborative relationships with relevant product and business groups inside or outside of Microsoft and provides expertise or technology to create business impact. Takes initiative and drives activities such as technology transfers attempts, standards organizations, filing patents, authoring research papers, developing or maintaining tools/services for internal Microsoft use, or consulting for product or business groups.

Independently works to create product impact. Identifies approach, and applies, improves, or creates a research-backed solution (e.g., novel, data driven, scalable, extendable) to positively impact a Microsoft product or service. Designs an approach to solve significant business problems shared by a senior team member. May publish research to promote receiving new intellectual property for product impact.

Reviews business and product requirements and incorporates state-of-the-art research or previously tested solutions occurring at Microsoft and the academic field to formulate plans that will meet business goals. Identifies problems and develops strategy to resolve team or feature level problems. Provides strategic direction for the kinds of data used to solve problems.

Embody our culture and values.

**Qualifications**:
**Required**/Minimum**Qualifications**
- Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND proficient 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 proficient e related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
- OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)

**Other Requirements**
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check
- This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

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