Microsoft is innovating rapidly in the advertising space to grow its share of this market by providing the ad industry with the state-of-the-art online advertising platform and service. The Senior Applied Scientist will design and implement state-of-the-art machine learning models and algorithms that power key systems within Microsoft Ads, Microsoft Audience Network, Copilot, and beyond. Your work will directly impact millions of users and advertisers by delivering scalable solutions that enhance ad relevance and optimize user experiences.
Requirements
- 2+ years of experience in developing and deploying large-scale machine learning models.
- Proven expertise in the areas of Generative AI, deep learning, Reinforcement learning, or transformers.
Responsibilities
- Develop and deploy cutting-edge machine learning models, including transformers, generative AI, and reinforcement learning, to optimize user interactions and ad relevance across Microsoft Ads and Copilot.
- Design scalable algorithms for online and offline systems, delivering innovative solutions for content selection, user engagement modeling, and ad generation.
- Drive experimentation through A/B testing and offline validation to evaluate model performance and refine user behavior predictions.
- Build robust data pipelines and frameworks for handling large-scale, high-dimensional datasets to support advanced AI applications.
- Stay at the forefront of AI research, incorporating the latest advancements to drive innovation and impact across Microsoft platforms.
- Lead the design and implementation of machine learning models for anomaly detection, forecasting, and customer segmentation.
- Develop Recommendation algorithms in Bid/Budgets/Keywords etc.
Other
- In this role you are expected to work from the office at least four days per week from the designated location.
- Starting January 26, 2026, Microsoft AI (MAI) employees who live within a 50-mile commute of a designated Microsoft office in the U.S. or 25-mile commute of a non-U.S., country-specific location are expected to work from the office at least four days per week.
- Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.
- If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
