Microsoft Word Writing Assistance and Language Intelligence team is looking to solve the problem of enhancing user productivity and creativity in writing through AI-powered solutions, specifically by developing and deploying large-scale natural language understanding and generation models.
Requirements
- 3+ years of research or product experience in NLP.
- 3+ years of hands-on experience in Deep Learning using PyTorch or similar.
- 3+ years of software engineering experience in Python or C.
- Fluency with recent NLP & LLM advancement as well as a driven passion for discovering the next generation of technology.
- Experience conducting applied research and publishing papers.
- Experience developing and deploying live production systems, as part of a product team.
- Experience developing and deploying products or systems at multiple points in the product cycle from ideation to shipping.
Responsibilities
- Drive intelligence experience projects through their entire life cycle from idea creation through rigorous science experiments, evaluations, and finally to worldwide availability.
- Collaborate with other applied scientists, researchers, engineers, and product managers to deliver high-quality features and products that enhance the writing experience across multiple platforms and domains.
- Conduct cutting-edge applied research leading to high product impact and publish your work in top-tier conferences and journals.
- Review business and product requirements and incorporate state-of-the-art research to formulate plans that will meet business goals.
- Research and develop an understanding of tools, technologies, and methods being used in the community that can be utilized to improve product quality, performance, or efficiency.
- Stay updated with the latest research and trends in NLP and related fields and explore new ideas and opportunities for innovation.
- Document work in progress and experimentation results and share findings to promote innovation.
Other
- Bachelor'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 Master's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research) OR Doctorate 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 equivalent experience.
- Participate in onboarding of team members.
- Identify new research talent to join Microsoft and collaborate with the academic community to develop the recruiting pipeline.
- Use your deep understanding of fairness and bias to contribute to ethics and privacy policies related to research processes and data collection.
- Experience working in collaborative multiple team environment and ship production features in a fast-paced environment.
- Effective communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills and a customer-centric mindset.
