New 
Principal Applied Scientist
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Aug 14, 2025 | |
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OverviewMicrosoft Copilot Studio and Microsoft 365 Copilot are groundbreaking tools that leverage the power of large language models, combined with (real-time) enterprise business data to drive unparalleled innovations in productivity, including autonomous actions in business processes in the enterprise. As these agents proliferate, businesses face unprecedented challenges. These agents must collaborate seamlessly with humans, frequently using the same applications for collaboration and lines of business systems without introducing friction or security risk. Agents also require contextual, real-time data access to make decisions, yet must do so with the guardrails necessary to align with an organization's risk tolerance. We are looking for Principal Applied Scientist to join our team. The role reports directly to the CTO and VP of the organization. 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.
ResponsibilitiesResponsibilities include: * Reviewing business and product requirements, incorporating research, and providing strategic direction for problem solving, and depending on situation also hands-on prototyping and applied science development techniques to create or develop novel applications of AI in products. You will also ensure scientific rigor, support the development of methods, and apply your expertise to support business impact.* 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.* Documenting work and experimentation results (offline experimentation as well as in production online experimentation) and share findings to promote innovation. You will provide guidance when capturing processes and contribute to ethics and privacy policies related to research processes and data collection.* Facilitate design meetings, creates design documents, and ensures alignment with project goals. Design system architecture that meets security, compliance, and scalability requirements.* Lead implementation and deployment of solutions, ensuring they meet quality standards. Translate project vision into actionable milestones and guide the team in project estimation and planning. | |