Applied Sciences

Actively Reviewing the Applications

Microsoft

India, Telangana, Hyderabad Full-Time On-site

Posted 3 hours ago • Apply by April 29, 2026

Job Description

Overview

Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers to levels they cannot achieve anywhere else. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness in a cloud-enabled world.  The Business & Industry Copilots group is a rapidly growing organization that is responsible for the Microsoft Dynamics 365 suite of products, Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse, AI Builder, Microsoft Industry Solution and more. Microsoft is considered one of the leaders in Software as a Service in the world of business applications and this organization is at the heart of how business applications are designed and delivered.  

We are looking for a passionate and growth-oriented Applied Scientist to join our team working on high-impact projects at the intersection of AI and software engineering.  In this role, you will experiment with and fine-tuning models, to build end-to-end SaaS product scenarios enabling enterprise productivity and agents taking actions while ensuring enterprise security and governance capabilities for AI. 

We are looking for an individual who has experience in collaborating with research and product engineering teams to deliver best of class innovative product solutions. This can range from alignments with stakeholders, working together to build and fine-tune models, developing advanced RAG techniques, to coming up with ways to build custom generative AI architectures for specific product needs. 

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

Serve as a domain expert in machine learning, statistics, and experiment design.  
Collaborating with stakeholders to gather and understand user requirements and expectations. Seek and incorporate continuous feedback from users and stakeholders to iteratively improve designs and solutions. 
Build and manage large-scale AI experiments and models.  
Drive experimentation through A/B testing and offline validation to evaluate model performance.  
Collaborate across disciplines and geographies with product teams and integrate AI across product 
Stay up to date with the research literature and product advances in AI for software engineering

Qualifications

Required Minimum Qualifications:  

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics.  
2+ years experience with strong proficiency in Python, machine learning frameworks, and experience developing and deploying generative AI or machine learning models into production. (Experience with additional programming languages is a plus but not required.)

 

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.

  

Preferred/Additional Qualifications  

Masters or PhD degree in Computer Science, Statistics, or related fields (undergraduates with significant appropriate experience will be considered).  
Strong professional experience in statistics, machine learning, including deep learning, NLP, econometrics.  
Experience in building cloud-scale systems and experience working with open-source stacks for data processing and data science is desirable.  
Experience with LLMs in natural language, AI for code or related fields  
Excellent communication skills, ability to present and write reports, strong teamwork and collaboration skills.  
Experience in productizing AI and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.

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.