Applied Scientist Ii

We are looking for Applied Scientist II with expertise in areas like Machine Learning Large Language Models Reinforcement Learning Causal Inference to join our team at Microsoft Ads India This role offers a unique opportunity to work on some of the most complex and high-impact challenges in online advertising where your innovations will directly shape user experience advertiser success and the future of the digital advertising ecosystem At Microsoft Ads you ll be solving web-scale optimization problems from selecting relevant ads to modeling user interaction with ad content The models and solutions you develop will impact millions of users daily and drive revenue growth for Microsoft ads and the Microsoft Ads platform This is a great opportunity for someone passionate about artificial intelligence optimization at scale and transformative innovation Microsofts 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 Drive AI innovation Lead the development of cutting-edge models that select and rank ads predict user interaction and optimize advertiser outcomes Leverage and advance Deep Learning Reinforcement Learning Causal Inference and other techniques to solve complex problems Optimize at scale Design build and deploy models that operate at web scale ensuring they are robust scalable and high performing in real-world settings Directly improve user engagement ad relevance and advertiser return on Collaborate and innovate Work closely with worldwide research engineers data scientists and product teams to integrate your solutions into Microsoft Ads systems driving cross-team collaboration and delivering impactful end-to-end solutions Qualifications Required Qualifications Master s Degree in relevant field AND 2 year s related-research experience OR equivalent experience Experience with large-scale models and frameworks such as PyTorch Proven track record of building deploying and optimizing large-scale AI ML models in real-world applications especially in NLP Information Retrieval or Computer Vision Publications in top-tier conferences like NeurIPS ICML CVPR SIGIR KDD ACL EMNLP ICLR WWW WSDM or similar demonstrating expertise in advancing the field Other Requirements Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft customer and or government security screening requirements that 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 Preferred Qualifications Master s Degree in Statistics Econometrics Computer Science Electrical or Computer Engineering or related field AND 4 years related experience e g statistics predictive analytics research OR Doctorate in Statistics Econometrics Computer Science Electrical or Computer Engineering or related field AND 2 years related experience e g statistics predictive analytics research OR equivalent experience Experience working with large language models multi-billion parameter models focusing on their efficient training and online inference Background in developing or modifying deep learning algorithms architectures to improve computational and memory efficiency Experience in online advertising search engines or recommendation systems 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