Responsibilities
- You will gain a basic understanding of a broad area of research and applicable research techniques. You will also develop a basic knowledge of industry trends and share your knowledge with immediate team members.
- You will apply strategies provided by senior team members. Following guidance from team leaders you will also research relevant tools and technologies being used in the community.
- You will reinforce a positive environment by learning and adopting best practices. And you will maintain or develop ties with an external network of peers and identify prospective talent for Microsoft research pipelines when asked.
- You will assist with documentation for senior team members, as needed. You will also learn and follow ethics and privacy policies while executing research processes or collecting information.
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.
- Solid understanding of probability, statistics, machine learning, data science.
- Experience with A/B testing & analysis of ML models, and optimizing models for accuracy.
- Experience with Hadoop, Spark, or other distributed computing systems for large-scale training & prediction with ML models.
- Experience with end-to-end system design: data analysis, feature engineering, technique selection & implementation, debugging, and maintenance in production.
- Experience implementing machine learning algorithms or research papers from scratch.
- Solid experience with TensorFlow/PyTorch and deep learning models is a prerequisite.